UVM Libraries: Statistical Software Support and Consulting: Workshops

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Hours Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Dana Health Sciences Library	7:30am – 4:30pm
Dana After Hours Study	24 Hours

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Hours Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Howe Library	8:00am – 6:00pm
Reference Desk	10:00am – 3:00pm
Media Services	8:00am – 4:00pm
Maps	M-Th by appointment, email govdocs@uvm.edu

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Hours Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Silver Special Collections Library	10:00am – 5:00pm
Billings North Lounge Study	9:00am – 5:00pm

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Jul 16 12:00pm	Statistical Computing with RStudio - Regression for binary and categorical outcomes 16 attending View Details View Calendar
Jul 23 12:00pm	Statistical Computing with RStudio - Repeated measures 11 attending View Details View Calendar
Aug 7 9:00am	Coffee and Code - Summer Edition View Details View Calendar

Statistician

Maria Sckolnick

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Contact

Office:	Howe Library, Room 115
Phone:	802-656-2009
Email:	maria.sckolnick@uvm.edu

Random Chats About Data

Random Chats About Data are in person events only. Through conversations and discussions we broaden our understanding of a data analysis topic. Talking about the big concepts as well as the nuances gives insight on how to apply these bigger ideas to our own data project. You will get comfortable with detailed aspects of data analysis. Please come prepared to talk about your own specific data questions.

Check out current offerings in the event calendar or contact me for a custom workshop.

Can't make it on campus? - Sign up for a one-on-one online session with me to discuss your statistics and data analysis questions.

Statistical Computing and Coding Workshops

Learn and strengthen statistical coding skills. Sessions can be customized for R, SAS, STATA or SPSS users. Online or in-person formats are available.

Example topics
Getting started with statistical coding in R or SAS or STATA - Data summaries - Data wrangling - Functions - Graphing - Linear models: concepts, validation, interpretation - Categorical data methods - Ordination

Check out current offerings in the event calendar or contact me for a custom workshop.

Custom Workshops

If you would like me to come to your lab or department for a custom workshop, please contact me to discuss your needs.

maria.sckolnick@uvm.edu

Workshop Topics

Data Organization

During this workshop we will chat about best practices to organize, format, clean, manage and store data.

Data collection and Sample Size

During this workshop we will chat about data collection best practices including sampling, sources of bias and sample size.

Interpreting Statistical Output

During this workshop we will chat about how to interpret the output from a statistical analysis such as p-values and confidence intervals and parameter estimates.

Systematic Review and Meta Analysis

During this workshop we will chat about best practices when synthesizing results from cumulating studies.

Stick figure thinking about summarizing multiple publications

Linear Models

During this workshop we will explore linear regression, t-tests, ANOVA and other linear models.

Stickfigure contemplating how to linear regression

AI supported Data Analysis

During this workshop we will chat about how best to leverage AI to help write code for statistical analysis. We will discuss validity, reliability, reproducibility and data safety.

Variable Selection

During this workshop we will discuss pros and cons of methods to approach data sets that have an overabundance of variables, such as stepwise selection, penalized regression and PCA.

What is a good model for the data?

During this workshop we will discuss how to approach the choice of an appropriate data analysis, how to check assumptions and how to assess goodness-of-fit as well as validity.

Data Projection and Ordination

During this workshop we will learn when and how to use data projection and ordination methods such as PCA and NMDA.

Stickfigure contemplating how to do data ordination