SCL (Statistical Consulting Lab) - UNI

• The Mathematics Department at the University of Northern Iowa has reconstituted its Statistical Consulting Lab (SCL), starting February 1, 2006 and running until at least May 2009.

• The SCL will provide a free source of statistical support for a routine data analyses and is available to UNI students, faculty and staff. Larger, more time consuming projects would be billed at reasonable rates.

• Contact Mark Jacobson, the director of the SCL, at 273-7963 or jacobson@cs.uni.edu to set up your appointment. Email is strongly preferred over leaving phone messages.

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  SPSS STATISTICS SHORT COURSE: November 10th and/or November 13th at 5:30 p.m.

  Learn about preparing data for SPSS with Excel, linear regression, ANOVA, correlation, scatterplots, etc. How do I visualize (chart or plot or graph) my data with SPSS? How do you do Regression and ANOVA with SPSS? How do you understand the statistical output?

  Attend the class from 5:30 to 7:30, Monday, Nov. 10 or Thursday, Nov. 13, in SAB 223.

  This class covers a different set of topics than Part I did in October and it is a class for beginners. It does NOT assume you have attended part I or have any previous SPSS experience.

  E-mail Mark Jacobson at jacobson@cs.uni.edu with questions or if you wish to RSVP.

  NOT AVAILABLE YET: November 2008 SPSS short course - Monday 11/10 and Thursday 11/13 in Sabin 223.

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  SPSS STATISTICS SHORT COURSE:
  Learn about exporting data for Excel to SPSS, recoding variables, creating new variables, chi-square, t-test, regression and ANOVA.

  The introduction to SPSS course will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16th and from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 20 in the SABIN Hall 223 computer lab/classroom. This class is suitable for beginners in statistics and statistical software.

  E-mail Mark Jacobson at jacobson@cs.uni.edu with questions or if you wish to RSVP.

  October 2008 SPSS short course - Part I - Thursday 10/16 and Monday 10/20 in Sabin 223.

• There will be several short courses on SPSS and SAS offered in the fall semester of 2008. I will be sending out email notices about the short courses, so PLEASE drop an email to jacobson@cns.uni.edu if you wish to be added to the list for SAS or SPSS short courses.

• Have a specific topic from SPSS, SAS, Minitab, R, SPlus or Excel that you would like covered in a short course? Let me know the topic and a class can be arranged for covering that topic, or we can meet and cover it by appointment. I will be glad to teach a statistical software skill for a group or a class too.

   Office hours at the (SCL) Statistical Consulting Lab in WRT 338A will be

       BY APPOINTMENT ONLY is highly recommended over drop-in.
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       Tuesday afternoons:   1:00-04:00 p.m.
        Thursday mornings:   8:00-11:00 a.m.

   Please always try to set up a scheduled appointment whenever possible
to ensure availability of that time you wish to stop by.

    Appointments almost anytime, including weekends and evenings are no
       problem and will be arranged.

(Email is preferable to phone messages).

SAS: ---- SAS resources, including Windows SAS using Analyst application.