Quantitative / Statistics
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH & STATISTICS
The Odum Institute offers consulting services covering all stages of research involving quantitative data, which is numerical data collected for the purpose of revealing broader trends in a population or group, and typically analyzed using statistics.
Areas covered include research design, data management, statistical analysis, network data analysis, text analysis and more. Our consultants can also assist with formatting reports and creating publication-ready tables and graphs.
Online Statistical Support
Advanced graduate students are available to answer your statistical analysis and programing questions Monday through Friday during the hours noted in the schedule at the bottom of the page. We offer both in-person and online assistance.
For IN-PERSON assistance, please visit us at the Odum Institute in Davis Library.
For ONLINE assistance, please connect with consultants using Slack. Instructions on how to connect to our Slack channel is below.
Slack:
- Visit the #stats-help-desk channel during desk hours and post your question. If you need help with a specific topic (i.e. machine learning, NLP, time series) or are using a specific software (i.e. R, SAS, SPSS) please check the consultants’ specialties in the schedule below and post during their hours.
- Consultants will discuss your needs with you and share their Zoom IDs as needed.
- Finally, use these articles to leave the workspace, leave the channel or mute notifications once your session is complete.
- Having trouble accessing slack? Click here.
****Beginning 1/26/2024, we are no longer allowed to use MS Teams for online help.****
Use the table below to find the help desk consultant best-suited to answering your research questions:
| Spring 2024 Hours - January 10 - May 10 (Closed University Holidays/Breaks) | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY |
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| Mornings (See times for specific consultant) | Jo (10am-2pm In-Person – Davis Lib) Biomedical & Health Informatics/Biotechnology Biostatistics (T, F, Z tests, Anova, Variance, Deviation, Chi-Square Tests, Data Analysis, Graphs), Genetics (Mendelian Genetics and concepts), Power Pivot, Power Query, Data Analytics (Data Backed Decision making)-Excel, Power BI, IBM SPSS (Correlation, regression), Data Visualization in Tableau, SQL, System Analysis, General Statistics Questions | Hashem (11am-1pm Online) Economics R, Python, Julia Programming Language, Regression (OLS, GLM, and IV), Data Visualization in R, Regression Discontinuity Design, MLE, Generalized Method of Moments, Focus on Structural Models, Discrete Models, Simulations, Behavioral Experiments | Micah (9am-12pm Online) Sociology R, Stata, Mplus, Regression (OLS and GLM), Data Visualization, Structural Equation Modeling, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Causal Inference Using Observational Data | Jo (10am-2pm In-Person – Davis Lib) Biomedical & Health Informatics/Biotechnology Biostatistics (T, F, Z tests, Anova, Variance, Deviation, Chi-Square Tests, Data Analysis, Graphs), Genetics (Mendelian Genetics and concepts), Power Pivot, Power Query, Data Analytics (Data Backed Decision making)-Excel, Power BI, IBM SPSS (Correlation, regression), Data Visualization in Tableau, SQL, System Analysis, General Statistics Questions | 9am-12pm: You may contact Chris Wiesen or Sandra Lee to check their availability or to make an appointment. Please see their areas of experience before contacting them. |
| Afternoons (See times for specific consultant) | Steven (12pm-3pm Online) Political Science R, Python, Regression (OLS and GLM), Data Visualization in R, data sets used by political scientists studying international relations, especially those relating to conflict and terrorism | Micah (1pm-5pm Online) Sociology R, Stata, Mplus, Regression (OLS and GLM), Data Visualization, Structural Equation Modeling, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Causal Inference Using Observational Data | Steven (12pm-3pm Online) Political Science R, Python, Regression (OLS and GLM), Data Visualization in R, data sets used by political scientists studying international relations, especially those relating to conflict and terrorism Jo (12pm-4pm In-Person – Davis Lib) Biomedical & Health Informatics/Biotechnology Biostatistics (T, F, Z tests, Anova, Variance, Deviation, Chi-Square Tests, Data Analysis, Graphs), Genetics (Mendelian Genetics and concepts), Power Pivot, Power Query, Data Analytics (Data Backed Decision making)-Excel, Power BI, IBM SPSS (Correlation, regression), Data Visualization in Tableau, SQL, System Analysis, General Statistics Questions | Micah (1pm-5pm Online) Sociology R, Stata, Mplus, Regression (OLS and GLM), Data Visualization, Structural Equation Modeling, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Causal Inference Using Observational Data | Hashem (12pm-5pm Online) Economics R, Python, Julia Programming Language, Regression (OLS, GLM, and IV), Data Visualization in R, Regression Discontinuity Design, MLE, Generalized Method of Moments, Focus on Structural Models, Discrete Models, Simulations, Behavioral Experiments |
| Evenings (See times for specific consultant) | 3pm-5pm: You may contact Chris Wiesen or Sandra Lee to check their availability or to make an appointment. Please see their areas of experience before contacting them. | Ruy (5pm-7pm Online) Sociology Stata, SAS, R, Linear Regression (panel data, multilevel models, instrumental variable), Categorical Dependent Variable Models (GLM), Survival Analysis, Factor Analysis, Quasi-Experimental Designs, Admin databases, Socioeconomic panels, Census data, Survey data, Text files & Messy data, Social & Behavioral sciences, Intervention Research & Program Evaluation | Ruy (3pm-7pm Online) Sociology Stata, SAS, R, Linear Regression (panel data, multilevel models, instrumental variable), Categorical Dependent Variable Models (GLM), Survival Analysis, Factor Analysis, Quasi-Experimental Designs, Admin databases, Socioeconomic panels, Census data, Survey data, Text files & Messy data, Social & Behavioral sciences, Intervention Research & Program Evaluation | Steven (5pm-7pm Online) Political Science R, Python, Regression (OLS and GLM), Data Visualization in R, data sets used by political scientists studying international relations, especially those relating to conflict and terrorism |
If you have trouble accessing any of the above channels, please contact Rocky Riviella at riviella@email.unc.edu.
Full-time Consulting Staff
If, after meeting with our online consultants, you require support more in-depth consulting, full-time quantitative research consulting staff members — listed below — are available to offer consultations for theses, dissertations, grant proposals, publications and other research requirements.
Short consultations are available free-of-charge to UNC students, faculty and staff, while more in-depth assistance and support is provided on a cost-reimbursement basis.
To request a consultation with any of our consultants, please call or email them using the information listed below.
- Basic Univariate & Bivariate Statistics
- Categorical/Limited Dependent Variable Regression Models
- Experimental design and analysis of variance
- Generalized Linear Model
- Hierarchical Linear Modeling or Mixed Models
- Item Response Theory
- Survival Analysis
- Weighting Survey Data
- Power and Sample Size
- Survey Data (Complex Sampling Design) Analysis
- Data visualization & presentation
- Optimization Methods (EM, Newton-Raphson)
Software:
- SAS
- Stata
- SPSS
***Members of our survey research team can assist with survey design and distribution for quantitative data collection.
Data Collection
Odum can help with quantitative data collection, including survey design and implementation, as well as assistance with database setup and uses.
For more information on our survey design and implementation support, please visit our survey page. If you need to explore options for storing and processing data in large quantities, check out our research data information systems page.
Slack Help
Visit the #stats-help-desk, which takes you to the URL: https://odumconsulting.slack.com/?redir=%2Farchives%2FCVCNJ4ZFE
Enter your UNC email address to Sign in to Odum Consulting, which will either:
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Send a message to your email address with a code to log in, or
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Send a message to your email address saying that there is no account associated with this email. In the event this happens: Chose the option to “create an account” in the top right of the screen (see image below) NOTE: even if you are already connected to Slack via another channel, you might need to create an account to join this channel.
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