SCS Consulting Services

Topics	Appointments	Schedule
Clients' Guide	Consultants

Consulting services are provided by a group of faculty and graduate student interns drawn from York's departments of Sociology, Psychology, and Mathematics and Statistics, in conjunction with full-time professional staff at the Institute for Social Research. Our faculty, students, and staff have extensive experience in all forms of statistical analysis and a wide range of statistical software.

Consulting Topics

Topics for which assistance is available include:

Research and sample design
Survey data and survey sampling
Questionnaire design
Data screening, statistical graphics
Regression, ANOVA and other linear models,
Multivariate analysis (factor analysis, PCA, cluster analysis)
Categorical data analysis
Longitudinal and multi-level data
Structural equation models
Statistical computing using SAS, SPSS, and Splus/R

See the Clients' Guide to SCS.
See the Consulting Policies and Rates.

Consulting Appointments

To make an appointment to see a consultant,

use our Online Appointment Scheduler via AppointmentQuest.com. Please contact Rob Cribbie if you have any difficulties with this new service.
Please note that all SCS consulting services are suspended from May 31 -- June 11, 2004 during our Summer Programme in Data Analysis (SPIDA)

Consultants

Our main consultants, links to their biographical information on the SCS Staff page, offices, and email addresses:

Name	Office	email
Oren Amitay	159F BSB	`oren@yorku.ca`
Colleen Bowers	159E BSB	`cbowers@yorku.ca`
Robert Cribbie	330 BSB	`cribbie@yorku.ca`
Lisa Fiskenbaum	159E BSB	`lisafix@yorku.ca`
John Fox	5063 TEL	`jfox@mcmaster.ca`
Laura Friedlander	159E BSB	`lfriedla@yorku.ca`
Michael Friendly	226 BSB	`friendly@yorku.ca`
Bryn Greer-Wootten	5063 TEL	`bryngw@yorku.ca`
Ernest Kwan	264 BSB	`ernest@yorku.ca`
Georges Monette	5063 TEL	`georges@mathstat.yorku.ca`
Peggy Ng	274 Atkinson	`peggy@mathstat.yorku.ca`
Mirka Ondrack	5064 TEL	`mirka@yorku.ca`
Alina Rivilis	5072 TEL	`alina.rivilis@utoronto.ca`
Qian Tong	5072 TEL	`tqian@mathstat.yorku.ca`
Augustine Wong	530 Atkinson	`august@mathstat.yorku.ca`

Consultants Schedule, January 2004 - April 2004

BSB refers to the Behavioural Science Bldg.
TEL refers to the Technology Enhanced Learning Building, the new home for ISR and SCS.

From April 5 - April 23, some TAs will hold additional consulting hours in Room 159E BSB during selected times, as posted on sign-up sheets outside the door.

Other consultants may also be available if you have a problem in their area of specialization.

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

am: 10 - 12
(or as noted) Lisa Fiksenbaum
159E BSB Qian Tong
5072 TEL Colleen Bowers
(8:30-10:30)
159E BSB
Bryn Greer-Wootten
(10am-1pm)
5063 TEL Mirka Ondrack
5064 TEL
Laura Friedlander¹
159E BSB

pm: 2 - 4 Oren Amitay
(12-4pm)
159E BSB Laura Friedlander¹
(12:00 - 2pm)
159E BSB
Michael Friendly
BSB 226 Michael Friendly
BSB 226 Mirka Ondrack
5064 TEL Rob Cribbie
(12:00-2:00)
BSB 330
Georges Monette²
(3pm-5pm)
John Fox
(3pm-5pm)
5063 TEL

Notes:

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
am: 10 - 12 (or as noted)	Lisa Fiksenbaum 159E BSB	Qian Tong 5072 TEL	Colleen Bowers (8:30-10:30) 159E BSB Bryn Greer-Wootten (10am-1pm) 5063 TEL	Mirka Ondrack 5064 TEL	Laura Friedlander¹ 159E BSB
pm: 2 - 4	Oren Amitay (12-4pm) 159E BSB	Laura Friedlander¹ (12:00 - 2pm) 159E BSB Michael Friendly BSB 226	Michael Friendly BSB 226	Mirka Ondrack 5064 TEL	Rob Cribbie (12:00-2:00) BSB 330 Georges Monette² (3pm-5pm) John Fox (3pm-5pm) 5063 TEL

Laura will begin in the week of Feb 9.
Georges Monette will consult on problems involving mixed, hierarchical and longitudinal models and R/S-Plus.

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