Statistical Advisory Services
Faculty and graduate students at the Section of Biostatistics offer free statistical advice to faculty, staff, and students at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (SUND).
Free of charge statistical advice to researchers at Rigshospitalet (including RH Glostrup).
PhD-students can get help using the regular Statistical Advisory Services available to SUND.
What can we assist with
Statistical problems related to planning a study, applying the appropriate statistical tools, and interpreting results. This includes
- Study design (type of design and sample size)
- Statistical analysis (choice of analysis, execution of analysis via dedicated statistical software, interpretation and reporting of results)
Data management such as data cleaning and data base programming are not our main expertise.
How much help can you get
This is judged from a case to case basis by the statistical consultant handling your request. For larger commitments additional funding may be necessary.
If the consultant provides substantial input for a paper in terms of analyses, interpretation of results, and drafting of the paper, then co-authorship is only natural and expected (Vancouver Protocol).
How to get help
Write an email to RH-statsupport@sund.ku.dk with a brief description of the problem. In your email, please include your affiliation and job title.
You can expect to receive a response within a week.
The Section of Biostatistics is already involved in numerous collaborations, and we welcome some new ones. For most of them, statistical considerations play an important role and many projects require a professional statistician to spend a substantial amount of time to provide the necessary support. Consequently, funding is usually needed to cover the related salary costs. You are welcome to contact the head of Section, Esben Budtz-Jørgensen to discuss potential new collaborations. If you seek statistical help to best design or analyze a randomized clinical trial, you can also directly contact a member of our research group on that topic; find the contacts for the research group here.
What we can assist with (free of charge)
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Determining whether the planned research is reasonable from a statistical point of view.
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Help with designing a study to answer a specific research question, including sample size and power analysis.
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Discussion of future needs for statistical analysis in the project.
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Guidance on the choice of analysis, execution of analysis via dedicated statistical software, interpretation and reporting of results.
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Interpretation of referee reports and guidance on the need for further statistical analysis. If you are the referee for a journal, we may assist with statistical guidance.
Note that
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We can assist with the above free of charge within the framework of the “Telephone consultancy”, “Short meetings” or “Statistical Café” (see details below).
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Statistical analysis for the client are not usually possible free of charge.
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Data management such as data cleaning and database programming are not our main expertise.
We offer advisory services every day of the week, in different formats:
The phone hour is cancelled on April 18
No appointment is needed – you just call. The statistician on duty will help.
Call our secretariat at 35 32 79 01 who will transfer to the statistician on duty.
This service is best suited for small problems or to get advice on how to use our other services.
Bookings are required. You are only allowed to book one consultation at a time; multiple bookings will be deleted.
Book a consultation using this form:
Use this link if there is no form visible
We are currently experiencing problems with our booking system. If the link above does not work, please contact the secretariat at Telephone +45 35 32 79 01 or email skl@sund.ku.dk
To join an online meeting please click in when your time-slot starts. Prepare how to present your problem using for example the shared desktop facility. One slide will typically do
The online statistical café is cancelled on April 17
No appointment is needed – you just show up. Statistician(s) will circulate and help. Please prepare your questions meticulously. If relevant, have the statistical software up and running on your laptop.
The Statistical Café is:
Physical on odd week numbers (e.g. 9, 11)
Room 5.2.46, Section of Biostatistics, located 2nd floor in building CSS-5, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1014 Copenhagen.
Online on even week numbers (e.g. 10, 12)
You can join the café from 14:00. We can help the first 12 people, so make sure to register (and join the zoom meeting) by clicking on the link:
https://padlet.com/biostat/onlinecafe
We will include you when we are ready.
Bookings are required. You are only allowed to book one consultation at a time; multiple bookings will be deleted.
Book a consultation using this form:
Use this link if there is no form visible
We are currently experiencing problems with our booking system. If the link above does not work, please contact the secretariat at Telephone +45 35 32 79 01 or email skl@sund.ku.dk
To join a physical meeting (Fridays), go to the Section of Biostatistics, located at the 2nd floor in buildings CSS-5, Øster Farimagsgade 5 DK-1014 Copenhagen. You can go directly to the office of the statistician with whom you have a meeting.