Online Stats Help
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.
You can connect with consultants using Slack or Microsoft Teams. Information on how to connect to our channels is below.
Get connected:
Slack:
- Join our Odum consulting Slack workspace.
- 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.
Microsoft Teams:
**Mac users may have trouble with the desktop client. If that is the case, we encourage you to try the browser app instead.
**Teams should be used when sharing sensitive data. Once you explain your needs to the consultant, they can help you share your data via private message or folder.
- Join the Stats Desk Team.
- Post your question during desk hours.
- 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 Team or change your notifications settings.
Use the table below to find the help desk consultant best-suited to answering your research questions:
| Spring 2022 (Jan 10 - May 6) - No hours during Univ Holidays | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mornings (See times for specific consultant)< | Jimmy (9am-12pm) Information Science Python, Microsoft SQL, SPSS | Jon (9am-12pm) Social Work R, Stata, SAS, Regression (OLS, GLM, Multilevel models), Mediation analysis, Healthcare and insurance claims data, Census data, Weighted survey data, Intervention research and program evaluation | Kyle (9am-11:30am) Political Science Multiple Regression (OLS, GLM, Multi-level Modeling), Time Series Analysis, Causal Inference, Social Network Analysis, Bayesian Statistics, Web-scraping, Measurement Models, Machine Learning, Web-scraping and Data Wrangling, Python, R, Stan, LaTeX, SPSS | Jon (9am-12pm) Social Work R, Stata, SAS, Regression (OLS, GLM, Multilevel models), Mediation analysis, Healthcare and insurance claims data, Census data, Weighted survey data, Intervention research and program evaluation | Jimmy (9am-12pm) Information Science Python, Microsoft SQL, SPSS |
| Afternoons (See times for specific consultant) | Kyle (12pm-2:30pm) Political Science Multiple Regression (OLS, GLM, Multi-level Modeling), Time Series Analysis, Causal Inference, Social Network Analysis, Bayesian Statistics, Web-scraping, Measurement Models, Machine Learning, Web-scraping and Data Wrangling, Python, R, Stan, LaTeX, SPSS | No Consultant Available at this time | Bailey (2pm-4pm) Epidemiology Regression (all types), Weighted survey data, Survival analysis, SAS, Stata, Excel | Bailey (2pm-4pm) Epidemiology Regression (all types), Weighted survey data, Survival analysis, SAS, Stata, Excel | Jimmy (2pm-5pm) Information Science Python, Microsoft SQL, SPSS |
If you have trouble accessing any of the above channels, please email oduminstitute@unc.edu. If your email is not answered in a timely manner, please contact Rocky Riviella at riviella@email.unc.edu.