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The statistical consulting service provides free help to Cal Poly students, faculty and staff. Clients should bring a description of research goals, collected dataset and a description of how the data was collected on a CD, USB pen-drive or floppy to the appointment. |
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| Faculty Consultant for Summer 2008: Dr. Jeff Sklar |
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Office: Building #25-110 (Faculty Offices East)
Phone: 805-756-6353
Email: jsklar@calpoly.edu
Consulting hours: Tuesdays 3:30pm-5:00pm, Thursdays 8:00am-9:30am |
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The function of the consulting statistician is to provide advice on various statistical techniques to members of the Cal Poly community involved in university-related research, theses, or senior projects. |
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| - The Role of the Consultant DOES include: |
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Advice
on the use of any statistical technique
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Advice
on the type of statistical analysis available for
a particular problem and sources of information if
the consultee is unfamiliar with the methodology
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Information
on the appropriate computer package/program to apply
to a particular problem
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Class
presentation on statistical techniques to classes,
faculty groups, administrators on request
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| - The Role of the Consultant DOES NOT include: |
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Tutoring
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Help on homework assignments
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Instruction of statistics to students enrolled in courses whose syllabus or class description indicates that one of the purposes of the class is the instruction of
statistics
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Evaluation
of any completed student work (e.g., theses, senior
projects)
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Instruction
on the specifics of text editors, uses of PCs, and
things of that nature
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Writing
of command code programs or data entry
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Repeated
or last minute advice on any problem
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Rushing
through a project due to time constraints placed on
students by faculty
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Consulting