The Department of Statistics and Data Sciences offers statistical consulting to all UT students, faculty and staff. Our statistical consultants assist with questions about research or survey design, data analysis, appropriate model selection, power and sample size calculations, use of statistical software, and interpretation of results.
Free Consulting
All students, faculty, and staff are eligible for up to one hour of free consulting each week. Our statistical consultants are available for one-on-one meetings, as well as to answer questions via e-mail.
Contract Consulting
We offer contract consulting to faculty and staff with more complex data analysis needs. Contract services are provided for an hourly fee and may include data cleaning and manipulation, power analyses, tailored data analyses, or detailed reporting of results.
Meet the Consultants
Find out more about the consultants and their areas of expertise in the People section.
Software
On the software pages in the Training section you will find answers to FAQs, tutorials, instructions for accessing software packages, and more. Statistics and Data Sciences offers several software packages for use through terminal server technology. Mathematical and statistical software packages can be found on the Stat Apps Server, which is available to UT students, faculty, and staff. Click on this topic to find out more about how to subscribe.
Our Mission:
Our mission is to provide The University of Texas at Austin community with quality Statistical Consulting for all their research needs, from study design to analysis interpretation and write-up. Our primary goal is to educate and to improve researchers' statistical knowledge in a comfortable, supportive environment.