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Mission Statement

Our mission is to advance quantitative research at the University of Maryland and throughout the broader Maryland community by providing high-quality statistical consulting and training. We support researchers by offering:

  • Free 1.5 hour project consulting session for campus students working on research projects
  • Paid consulting at an affordable rate for on-campus and sister-campus student and faculty research projects
  • Paid consulting on statistical projects for government-agency, nonprofit and commercial clients
  • Collaborative consulting toward the writing of research contracts with statistical participation in study design and/or analysis
  • Training of Statistical Students in the Practice of Statistical Consulting
  • Outreach on campus in the form of tutorial lectures and short-courses on applied statistics

Who We Serve

  • Students and Researchers with Quantitative Research Projects on the UMD Campus
  • Off-campus clients needing statistical expertise
  • UMD students and researchers through lectures and short-courses

What We Provide

  • Advice on design of data collection
  • Guidance on statistical modeling and data analysis
  • Help with workflow, data structures, models, and interpretation

For all projects beyond free consultations, we offer affordable expert collaboration to support study design, analysis, grants, manuscripts, and more.

  • Study design and survey planning
  • Data management and preprocessing
  • Statistical modeling and inference
  • Visualization and reporting
  • Software implementation and reproducible workflows
  • Guidance on manuscripts and reviews
  • Statistical components of grant proposals

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