Division of Research and Graduate Studies
Graduate Statistics Studio
Welcome to the Graduate Statistics Studio
The graduate statistics studio provides research and statistical consulting to all graduate students.
Fall 2024 Consulting Hours:
Our consultants will be back in the studios starting Tuesday, September 9, 2024:
Monday: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (in person or via Zoom);
Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (in person or via Zoom)
Thursday: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (in person or via Zoom); 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Zoom only)
Friday: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (in person or via Zoom)
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Zoom only)
You can also email us if you would like us to set up an appointment for you or if you have any questions.
Need help scheduling an appointment? Check out this video or step-by-step guide.
Appointment Information:
We are happy to meet with you when you come into the Graduate Student Success Center. Please note, in person appointments are available as long as they are between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Any appointments avaialble outside those hours will be conducted virtually via Zoom.
Every hour the Graduate Statistics Studio is open may be considered a "drop-in" time. Students often do not use all 50 minutes of a session, and there are occasionally students who fail to show up for scheduled appointments.
Zoom is an online meeting and conferencing platform that allows for audio, video, and screen sharing. It is an easy to use and high quality solution for those students who, due to distance and time constraints, are unable to physically meet with statistics consultants. If you would like more information about Zoom, please visit their website: www.zoom.us.
In the Graduate Statistics Studio, we are utilizing Zoom for one-on-one virtual statistics consultations. We are implementing “Zoom only” and “Zoom hybrid” sessions. “Zoom only” sessions use the audio, video, and screen sharing features. “Zoom hybrid” sessions use the screen sharing features of Zoom along with audio via a traditional phone line. The hybrid session accommodates students who may not have a microphone-enabled computer. In this instance, the student can dial into the ZOOM meeting via phone using a phone number provided by the consultant.
If joining a Stats Consultation Zoom meeting, be sure to follow these steps:
1. Log into Zoom through Fresno State: https://fresnostate.zoom.us click on sign
on with SSO
2. Enter your Fresno State ID and Password
3. You may be directed to Duo Mobile for authentication - follow instructions
SPSS Videos
EXCEL
*Please use the Data Set Document (Excel) to understand following videos.
Research Process Workshop Series
Additional Resources
Qualtrics
Fresno State students have free access to Qualtrics, a web-based survey tool. Further information including training videos and the link to set up an account can be found are available online.
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Madelyn Snead | Madelyn is a second-year M.A. student in the Experimental Psychology program at Fresno State, with an emphasis in Research and Data Analysis. In 2016, she earned her B.S. in Psychology from Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Madelyn has a professional background in entrance exam tutoring, nonprofit initiatives, and disability caregiving (plus a whimsical stint in a traveling dinosaur carnival). She is interested in public and organizational policy and believes in the power of data science to solve applied problems. In the past, you could probably find her on stage in a musical or engaged in a debate competition, but lately, she enjoys more relaxed hobbies, like reading, writing, spending time with pets, and watching flow arts or Esports events. |
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Andy Villarreal | Andy is a 2nd year M.A. Student in the General/Experimental Psychology program at Fresno State. He received his B.A. in Psychology from UCLA in 2023. Andy hopes to get into a PhD program in either Social or Developmental Psychology to further his aspirations of becoming a faculty member at a university. When Andy is not writing his thesis or reading research articles he enjoys going on matcha latte runs, long walks, listening to music, and online shopping. |
Our staff can help with the following stats-related topics:
- The following parametric tests:
-One sample t-test
-Two sample t-test (independent samples t-test)
-Balanced one way ANOVA
-Two way ANOVA
-One way repeated measures ANOVA
-Two way repeated measures ANOVA
-Mann Whitney U test
-Simple correlation analysis
- Some simple non-parametric alternatives to the mentioned tests
- Identification of dependent/independent variables
- Choosing the right test based on the type of data
- p value and effect size determination and interpretation for the mentioned tests
- Sample size determination
- Formatting data on excel to make it readable by SPSS
- Using SPSS (e.g. adding data, running simple analyses to determine normality, skewness, or kurtosis, etc)