Statistical Consulting Service
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 or USB drive to the appointment.
Consulting Service Contact(s) and Hours
Faculty Consultant for FALL 2009: Dr. Karen McGaughey
Contact information:
- Office: 25-107G
- E-mail: kmcgaugh@calpoly.edu
- Telephone: (805) 756-6578
- Consulting hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 1:00pm-3:00pm (and by appointment)
- Dates: September 22 through December 4.
About the Consulting Service
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.
The role of the consultant includes:
- Advice on the use of any statistical technique
- Advice on the type of statistical analysis available for a particular problem and sources of information if the consultee is unfamiliar with the methodology
- Information on the appropriate computer package/program to apply to a particular problem
- Presentation on statistical techniques to classes, faculty groups, administrators on request
The role of the consultant DOES NOT include:
- Tutoring
- Help on homework assignments
- 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
- Evaluation of any completed student work (e.g., theses, senior projects)
- Instruction on the specifics of text editors, uses of PCs, and things of that nature
- Writing of command code programs or data entry
- Repeated or last-minute advice on any problem
- Rushing through a project due to time constraints placed on students by faculty