Statistical Consulting Centre: Initial Appointment

This form must be completed before an appointment is made

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Guidelines on the use of the Statistical Consulting Service

The Statistical Consulting Centre provides advice on the use of statistical thinking and methods in research carried out by staff and postgraduate students. The objectives of the centre are to improve and then maintain the quality of quantitative research done and to improve the statistical skills of researchers at the University of Wollongong. The centre is operated by the School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics. The following guidelines have been developed to ensure that an effective service is provided within the limited resources available.
- The service is available to academic staff, and to postgraduate students undertaking research degrees or doing a research project as part of a degree by course work. Priority is given to staff.
- Projects without external funding will be provided with up to 10 hours of consulting services per calendar year (pro rata) at no cost. Any time after that will be charged to the client at the rate of $160 an hour.
- Projects in receipt of external funding are expected to meet the cost of the consulting services provided. The rate for this will be negotiated with each client.
- The subsidised 10 hours is at the discretion of the Director of the SCC. If the director considers that there is no benefit in further help, assistance may be stopped.
- The cost of any Statistical Computing organised by the SCC will be charged directly to the client at the rate dependent on the level of complexity involved.
- The consultant will not teach you Statistics or Statistical Computing. The SCC provides courses in Statistics and Statistical Computing. Clients are encouraged to attend these courses where possible before obtaining advice from the
  SCC. Participants will be charged for their attendance at such courses.
Client's Responsibilities
- Acknowledgment of the statistical consultant where the project has incorporated the advice given.
- If substantial statistical design or analysis is performed under the direction of (or by) the statistical consultant, then the statistical consultant should be offered joint authorship on relevant publications.
- A copy of the relevant sections of the final report should be provided to the statistical consultant.
- Data used in the project, might be of further use in teaching and research at the University of Wollongong. Please consider giving the SCC a copy of the data in electronic form. The source of the data will be acknowledged and would only be used with permission.
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Head of Department or Program Leader Details

The Head of Department or Program Leader must complete one of the following declarations before the initial appointment occurs.
Does the project have internal/external funding for consulting?

Does the project have internal/external funding for consulting? I certify that the investigation described above has no funding for consulting Funds are available for Consulting
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Please provide a brief overview of your general research aims and a description of the design issues or data analysis on which you are currently seeking advice. Please do not provide papers, etc unless asked.

Statistical Consulting Centre: Initial Appointment

Statistical Consulting Centre: Initial Appointment

Details

Supervisor Details

Guidelines on the use of the Statistical Consulting Service

Client's Responsibilities

Head of Department or Program Leader Details

Consulting Problem