The ISCC provides comprehensive support across the entire research lifecycle. Our team of expert statisticians collaborates on hundreds of projects annually, offering tailored solutions that range from initial grant proposal development to final data archiving. While consulting for Ph.D. dissertation work is provided at no cost for upto 10 hours to the student, other internal and external projects are supported on an hourly basis. Our goal is to serve as your dedicated partner in quantitative research.
How We Can Help
Our team can collaborate with you at any phase of your project. Here are the specific ways we can help you achieve your research goals:
1. Research Design & Grant Proposals
Strong research begins with a solid foundation. We provide expert support to help elevate the quality and rigor of your proposals.
Expert Support For:
Experimental Design: Selecting the most robust study design.
Power Analyses: Ensuring your sample size is adequate for your research questions.
Statistical Methods: Identifying and outlining the most appropriate analytical approaches.
REDS Program Partnership: ISCC is a key partner in the Research & Evaluation Design Support (REDS) for Grant Proposals program, providing this support at no cost to faculty PIs preparing external proposals.
2. Data Management & Analysis
Whether you're just starting with a messy dataset or are deep in the weeds of complex analysis, our team can help.
Data Cleaning & Management:
De-identifying your data for privacy and sharing.
Teaching best practices for collecting and organizing raw data.
Data cleaning, restructuring, and variable creation.
Statistical Analysis & Coding Support:
Writing statistical code for you and annotating it for your understanding.
Teaching you how to write the code yourself.
Debugging and verifying the accuracy of your existing code.
Software Expertise: We provide support for nearly any statistical program, including R, STATA, SAS, SPSS, Prism, MPlus, and many more.
3. Reporting & Visualization
Clearly communicating your results is critical for publication and impact. We help you translate your findings into clear, professional reports and figures.
Data Visualization:
Selecting the most appropriate chart types to match your data and audience.
Writing custom data visualization code for you in R, Python, SPSS, SAS, Stata, etc.
Troubleshooting and refining existing figures or code.
Manuscript & Report Support:
Writing or editing your Methods and/or Results sections for accuracy and clarity.
Creating and formatting publication-quality tables.
Writing clear and descriptive captions for your tables and figures.
4. Peer Review & Revisions
Navigating peer review can be challenging. We offer expert guidance to help you understand and effectively address reviewer feedback.
Support for Peer Review Includes:
Interpreting reviewer comments related to statistical methods or data presentation.
Reanalyzing data using updated or alternative statistical approaches.
Justifying methodological decisions with appropriate language for your response letter.
Updating tables, figures, or models as requested by reviewers.