Statistical Consultation

Study Design and Planning

Preparation of Grant and Contracts

• Formulate testable hypotheses
• Experimental design
• Power/sample size calcuation
• Develop statistical analysis plan
• Write statistical section
• Work on revisions for resubmissions
  

Protocol Development

• Data collection
• Data monitoring
  

Design and Development of Data Collection Forms

• Choosing the most appropriate methodology to apply
• Interpretation of computer output (results)
• Report/manuscript preparation
  • Describe statistical methods applied
  • Summarize the statistical analyses
  • Review manuscript prior to resubmission
  • Address statistical questions from reviewers
  • Collaborate on the development of oral and poster presentations

Lectures and workshops on biostatistical methodology.

Programming Consultation

• Database design and management
• Develop computer programs for data monitoring and integrating data from diverse sources
• Statistical data analysis
  • Develop computer programs to convert data from one format to another or using a data transfer program, such as EXCEL, SAS, SPSS, ACCESS, STATA, Systa
  • Clean the database and prepare the datasets for analysis
  • Carry out statistical analysis
• Lectures/workshops
  • Statistical programming
  • Database programming