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    Statistical Support

    General Information

    The statistical consulting service for research students is funded by the Monash Research Graduate School and provided by the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, the School of Mathematical Sciences, and the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine.

    Level of assistance:

    Postgraduate research students are eligible for up to 10 hours of free statistical assistance over the course of their candidature. If more than ten hours is necessary an hourly fee will be charged.

    External students can access the service via the email contacts listed at the bottom of this page.

    Contact the service in the early stages of your research

    We won't write your thesis for you, but we can help you to plan your data collection, analyse your data, interpret your statistical analysis, present statistical results, and use a statistical package on a computer.

    Statistical science covers a broad range of topics, from accounting to zoology. Research students are encouraged to consult with the service early in the design of an experiment, survey or study. Professional assistance may save you time and money, and help you to avoid common problems in data collection and analysis.

    Additional services:

    Seminars

    A series of at least 13 two hour seminars on statistical subjects are held each year. Seven introductory sessions will be held in the first half of each year, and these will be followed by six more advanced sessions.The basic seminars will cover the following topics:

    • Data management and exploratory data analysis
    • What statistical methods should you be using?
    • Software packages for statistics
    • Questionaire design
    • Sampling design for surveys
    • Experimental design (1)
    • Introduction to statistical tests

    The following advanced sessions will also be presented in the second half of the year:

    • Experimental design (2)
    • Regression (1)
    • Regression (2) including Logistic Regression
    • General linear model and ANCOVA
    • Software packages for statistics
    • Multivariate analysis

    exPERT Stats Program

    These sessions will be advertised as part of the exPERT Seminar Program.

    Contacts for further information:

    Research students from the faculties of Art & Design, Arts, Business and Economics, Education or Law, should contact:

    General inquiries: stat.consult@buseco.monash.edu.au

    Clayton: 9905 2458
    Gippsland/Berwick: 9904 7905 or 9903 4345 

    Research students in the faculties of Engineering, Information Technology, Medicine (including Monash Medical Centre), Pharmacy or Science, or from the Accident Research Centre, should contact:

    General inquiries: stat.consult@sci.monash.edu.au

    All campuses (except Alfred Hospital): 9905 4405
    Alfred Hospital: 9903 0580

    General inquiries: biostats.consult@med.monash.edu.au

    Application Form

    Students who wish to use the service are required to complete the application form (rtf 127kb) or (pdf 42kb) and give it to the consultant at the first meeting.