Statistical Consulting Service
The Statistical Consulting Service (SCS) within the Department of Statistics provides consulting services, including statistical software support and assistance with experimental design and analysis, free of charge to the university community. These services are available to all Purdue faculty, staff, and students during Fall and Spring semesters as well as the 8-week Summer session.
Experimental Design and Analysis ConsultingThis service provides assistance with experimental design and data analysis for all phases of research projects, including but not limited to:
- Proposal preparation and study design, including survey design
- Data input, manipulation and analysis
- Interpretation and presentation of results
- Assistance with other statistical or probability problems
Once your application is submitted, one of our graduate student consultants will contact you to schedule an initial meeting with you, the consultant and one of our SCS Faculty members. After the initial meeting, your consultant will continue to work with you one-on-one for the remainder of the semester.
Statistical Software Help Desk
The SCS Help Desk is a drop-in service that provides support with running a wide variety of statistical computing programs, including SAS, SPSS, Minitab, R, and Stata. The Help Desk is open in-person from 12-4pm in MATH 211 (Fall and Spring) or online (Fall, Spring, Summer).
Outside normal hours questions can also be submitted to: stat-help@stat.purdue.edu.
- About SCS
- Student Consultants
- Staff Information
- Previous Faculty Associates
- Help
- Design and Data Analysis
- Notes for Consultants
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Useful Links
- Software Consulting Schedule
- Introduction to Statistical Software
- How To
- Apply for Design Consulting
- Prepare for Initial Meeting
- Become a Consultant
- Resources
- TAP: Consulting Help for Indiana Businesses
- StatCom