NOTICE of Major Paper Presentation MSc Statistics
Statistical Consulting in Academia: A Review
By Ke Xiao
Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at 11:00 am
University of Windsor | In-person | Lambton Tower 9-118
Counts toward seminar attendance for MSc and PhD students in Math & Stats
Abstract: This paper reviews the state of statistical consulting in academia by performing a literature review on this topic in chapters 1 and 2. Chapter 1 overviews general aspects of statistical consulting and types of centers that conduct such services in academia. In chapter 2 we summarise the literature about the common logistics and processes for conducting statistical consulting in academia. In Chapters 3 and 4 we analyze data on statistical consulting centers for the largest 100 universities in the USA and we review literature on the future of statistical consulting in academia in the shade of the era of big data and data science. The purpose of the paper is to define what statistical consulting in academia means, how it is conducted, and what its benefits are. The data analysis tries to figure out the factors that may influence the existence of statistical consulting centers, specifically in the USA.
Committee members:
Dr. Abdulkadir Hussein (Advisor)
Dr. Mohamed Belalia (Internal Reader)