Welcome from Professor Ian Gordon
Professor Ian Gordon, Director, Statistical Consulting Centre and Melbourne Statistical Consulting Platform.
- Is there an association between risk of diabetes, heart disease or stroke and socio-economic status?
- What’s the best way to store cut flowers to improve their longevity?
- How much energy do household refrigerators consume per day?
- How can we prevent music-induced hearing loss?
- What motivates learners of different languages at university?
- How can we improve the health and well-being of vulnerable children and their families in an acute paediatric health setting?
This is just a small sample of questions researchers across the University of Melbourne are pursuing by collecting quantitative data.
The Melbourne Statistical Consulting Platform provides statistical support to this research community. Our consultants work collaboratively with graduate research students and staff across all and any stages of the research cycle – from planning, data collection and management, to analysis, interpretation and reporting. Consultants have experience working with researchers from all faculties across the University, including those that have a strong tradition of quantitative research and those adopting new, novel and innovative quantitative research approaches in traditionally non-quantitative fields. We handle data of all sizes – from small specialised experiments in animal science to big data.
Investment in quality research planning and data collection must be matched in analysis and reporting. The practical, applied focus of the Platform services supports this goal.
In second semester, the Melbourne Statistical Consulting Platform will be running a free half-day workshop on producing quality graphs, using statistical software freely available to University of Melbourne staff and students.
The Platform supports graduate researchers doing a research higher degree (mainly PhD, some Masters) and University staff members.
You can find out more about the Platform here.
