1. Statistical Resources for Graduate Students - Prathiba Natesan Director, Office of Research Consulting Prathiba.Natesan@unt.edu

2. Why do we study/need statistics? What is statistical significance? What are effect sizes? Why is the standard changing constantly? How can I get help?

3. EPSY courses EPSY 6010: Statistics for Educational Research EPSY 6020: Research Methods in Education Intermediate EPSY 6210: Multiple Regression Analysis & Related Methods EPSY 6220: Classical & Modern Educational Measurement Theory

4. EPSY courses Advanced EPSY 6230: Advanced Research Design - HLM EPSY 6290: Multivariate Statistics in Education EPSY 6005: Statistical Theory & Simulations EPSY 6270: Structural Equation Modeling EPSY 6250: Advanced Educational Measurement Applications

5. Office of Research Consulting Mission: support the research needs of faculty and graduate students with grants, research, dissertations, classwork, and statistical understanding.

6. Office of Research Consulting collaborating on grant applications assisting with data analysis for funded grant projects (contact us for our schedule of fees) improving statistical understanding of students and faculty, providing seminars and support on latest developments in data analysis and research methods, and archiving publicly available national and international data.

7. FAQ I am a UNT student. How/For what purpose can I use the services of ORC? At ORC all UNT students/staff/faculty are welcome to Consult with us regarding statistics and research methodology Have brief tutoring sessions (30-mins) on statistical/methods-related concepts Use the lab and its advanced statistical software programs for their academic/research work

8. FAQ Can I discuss my research plan with you? Absolutely! But we DO NOT assume the role of your dissertation advisor/committee, who is/are your ultimate guide(s). I am a commuter and live far away from campus. Can I have the appointment remotely? Yes Will you help me with Homework?

9. Office of Research Consulting http://www.coe.unt.edu/office-research- consulting http://www.coe.unt.edu/office-research- consulting Matthews Hall 313 940-565-4414 Coe-orc@unt.edu

10. Upcoming events TARDIS: The advances in research designs symposium (http://www.coe.unt.edu/orc)http://www.coe.unt.edu/orc For 2016: Alternatives to statistical significance testing Date: Sep 19, 2016 Must register

11. Conferences to attend http://sera-edresearch.org/ Student-centered Methods-focused presentations Low cost Held in/close to Texas Due date

12. Online Resources Learn SPSS: http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/spss/default.htm http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/spss/default.htm Learn R: Online community Standards for reporting social research: http://www.aera.net/Portals/38/docs/12ERv35n 6_Standard4Report%20.pdf http://www.aera.net/Portals/38/docs/12ERv35n 6_Standard4Report%20.pdf Effect size reporting: http://people.cehd.tamu.edu/~bthompson/eff_bi b.htm http://people.cehd.tamu.edu/~bthompson/eff_bi b.htm

13. Video series Good intro tutorials Geoff Cumming’s video series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF010lC Q4YA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF010lC Q4YA WISE applet: http://wise.cgu.edu/http://wise.cgu.edu/ Hyperstat: http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/

14. Online courses https://www.coursera.org/ https://www.edx.org/ http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm http://online.stanford.edu/courses

15. Other UNT resources http://www.unt.edu/rss/