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Stats Help at MSU

The Center for Statistical Training and Consulting (CSTAT) is a professional service and research unit at Michigan State University. CSTAT supports research and provides training and consulting in statistics for faculty, staff, and graduate students.  Fees are normally not charged to on-campus users.

CSTAT provides consultation on the following:

  • Research design/experiments/surveys
  • Assistance with grant proposals
  • Selection of appropriate statistical methods and software
  • Statistical analysis
  • Interpretation of results
  • Presentation of results

CSTAT also sponsors free training workshops in statistical methodology, with topics ranging from basic to advanced. There are 10-12 workshops per academic year, as well as a few during the summer semester.

MSU Specific Information

Statistical Databases

US Education Statistics

International Education Statistics

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