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I'm a statistical consultant to graduate students and researchers in fields including the behavioral and health sciences. I've assisted with review of articles, and with preparation of grants, dissertations and papers.

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218 Statistics Jokes Jul 6 '11
97 What is the meaning of “All models are wrong, but some are useful” Apr 27 '13
81 What's the difference between variance and standard deviation? Aug 26 '12
69 Is this really how p-values work? Can a million research papers per year be based on pure randomness? Jul 19 '15
55 Birthday paradox with a (huge) twist: Probability of sharing exact same date of birth with partner? Mar 11 '14
54 Is it possible to change a hypothesis to match observed data (aka fishing expedition) and avoid an increase in Type I errors? May 27 '14
46 Most confusing statistical terms Jan 12 '12
43 Which “mean” to use and when? Feb 19 '12
43 Is a distribution that is normal, but highly skewed, considered Gaussian? Mar 30
38 Why does basic hypothesis testing focus on the mean and not on the median? Oct 8 '17
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