Statistics
Consulting Clinic
The University of
New Mexico
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Statistics Clinic
For Appointments:
If you are affiliated with UNM, please phone: 7-2204
If you are not affiliated with UNM, please phone:
277-2564 (During school breaks and the summer, also try 277-2204.)
If you are unable to leave a message by phone, please email ghuerta@stat.unm.edu for an appointment.
Location: Humanities 439 (Main office on 4th floor)
Fax: 277-5505
E-mail: clinic@stat.unm.edu
You can e-mail short questions but PLEASE do not e-mail for appointments or for
anything else with time constraints! In particular, e-mail will not be checked
regularly during school breaks and the summer.
Spring 2008 Hours
What is the Statistics
Clinic?
The SC (Statistics
Clinic) is an internal statistical consulting service of
The University of New Mexico. Staffed by statistics faculty and graduate students
from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, the service is offered without
charge to clients at UNM in support of their academic research. This service is
funded by the College of Arts and
Sciences, the Department of Mathematics
and Statistics , the Office of Research & Economic Development, and CIRT.
The clinic also
provides contract services for UNM, local industry, government, and educational
institutions. These services draw upon the wide range of expertise in the Statistics
Group at UNM, and of affiliated faculty at UNM with statistical expertise.
Purpose and Goals
of the Statistics Clinic
- To enhance the
quality of research carried out at the University of New Mexico.
- To provide statistical
advice and research assistance to academic staff and students.
- To enhance the
statistical knowledge of research groups.
- To enrich the
education and training of statisticians through their involvement in statistical
consulting.
- To serve as
a clearinghouse matching clients with statistics faculty who have the expertise
to solve the client's research problem.
Assistance Offered
by the Statistics Clinic
- Problem Formulation
- Experimental
Design and Sample-Size Determination
- Selection of
Statistical Models
- Advice on Statistical
Modeling and Help with Interpreting Output
- Advice on Choice
of Statistical Software
- Programming
Assistance with Statistical Analysis
- Explanation
of Statistical Content of Papers in Your Discipline
- Paragraphs on
`Statistical Methods' for Grant Proposals
- Help with Reviewer's
Comments and Resubmissions
Do you have questions
about the Clinic?
Call Gabriel Huerta
at 505-277-2564, or e-mail at: ghuerta@stat.unm.edu
Rules and Guidelines
Assistance is
offered to academic staff and students. Initial contact is usually by phone to
make an appointment. Early contact is encouraged.
The SC provides
consulting; its staff should not be regarded as research assistants. If you
need large numbers of tables, graphs, or p-values, our role is to show you how
to produce them, not to produce them for you.
Statistical Software
Expertise
Staff of the SC are
available to answer questions concerning statistical packages. The number of such
packages and variety of platforms is such that we cannot possibly be experts on
everything. Even so, staff will endeavor to work with clients concerning questions
they may have about a particular program they are using.
Preferred Mode
of Practice
Whenever possible,
we prefer to collaborate rather than to prescribe. This is more beneficial to
the client, much more efficient and more rewarding for the statistical consultant
(We are professionals NOT technicians).
Director
Gabriel Huerta is director of the Statistics Clinic.
Gabriel has a Ph.D.
in Statistics from the Duke Universityand is an Associate Professor and Regents Lecturer in the Department
of Mathematics and Statistics. His research interests include
Bayesian inference, Time Series, Statistical Computing, Spatial Modeling and Extreme Values.
The Statistics
Clinic has an interdisciplinary Board of Directors that sets policy. The board
members are:
- Richard Harris,
Dept of Psychology
- Bruce Milne,
Dept of Biology
- Joseph F. Powell,
Dept of Anthropology
- Candace Schau,
College of Education
- Betty Skipper,
Dept of Family and Community Medicine
Spring 2008 Staff
Glenn Stark : Glenn is a PhD student in the department of Mathematics and Statistics studying Statistics.
Location: Humanities
439 (Off the Main Office on 4th floor)
Phone: 277-2114
Fax: 277-5505
E-mail: ghuerta@stat.unm.edu
