Statistical consultancy
A few key questions:
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You want to carry out an experiment but have no idea how
many samples to take? |
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You have measured data and would like to know how to
analyse the data? |
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You have submitted a paper and the statistical analysis
was criticised? |
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You need statistical guidance during your PhD? |
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You need a statistician for your project? |
| You need a good statistician on board to
win a proposal? We have published a 680 page Springer book, and two more
Springer books are in review. Springer stands for quality. |
Statistical techniques are required in nearly every
stage of scientific research; from project proposal writing, experimental
design and data analysis, right up to report writing. One option is to do all the statistical work yourself.
If you have the time and knowledge, we advise you to do so. However, your
statistical skills might be rusty, or you might need expertise knowledge
for a particular problem. The learning curve to access the required
statistical knowledge might be steep, time consuming and costly. An alternative is to contract out the
statistical work.
We are specialised in a wide range of statistical methods
(our books covers univariate, multivariate, time series and spatial methods) and
have worked with a large variety of data; from bees to birds, copepods to
whales, from plants on mountains to salt marsh plants, fish farming, medical
health data, stomach content data of dolphins, sea surface temperature time
series, tagged seal data, etc.
Contracts
To give you an idea what we do, a few of our
previous and current consultancy contracts are listed below:
| Analysis of monkfish data for the Institute of
Aquaculture, University of Stirling, UK. (2007).
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| Spatial mapping of sea bird distributions (using
Poisson Kriging) based on 20 years of data. Large project for Joint Nature
Conservation Committee (JNCC).
(2007/2008).
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| Time series analysis of phytoplankton data for RIKZ,
The Netherlands. Multiple variables (phytoplankton and environmental
variables), multiple stations, irregular spaced monthly data (2007).
Application of additive mixed modelling (2007).
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| General statistical consultancy for Nature Research,
Banchory, UK (2007).
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| Power analysis and statistical support for a cod welfare data for Johnson Seafarms
Ltd, Shetland, UK (2007/2008). See
abstract.
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| Analysis of fisheries data for the Marine Institute,
Galway, Ireland (2007).
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| Statistical consultancy for a bio-diversity project,
Zoology Department, Martin Ryan Marine Science Institute, National
University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (2007).
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| Analysis of whale data for the University of Aberdeen
(2007). Our paper in the news!
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| More whale data analysis for Aberdeen university
(2007), see
the resulting paper.
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| Provision of a statistical protocol for the analysis of
whale data for the EU EnviEFH
project.
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| Statistical consultancy for the BAGPIPES project
(bio-diversity), Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen (2006/2007), in
co-operation with the University of York and the St. Andrews University.
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Statistical consultancy for two NERC projects, Oceanlab,
University of Aberdeen (2007).
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| The University of Aberdeen has purchased 30 days
statistical consultancy (2006/2007). Results: approximately 10 co-authored
papers and intensive guidance of various PhDs.
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| Stats input for a project on birds, Department of
Zoology, Ecology & Plant Science, University College Cork, Ireland
(2006).
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| The University of Cork asked us to help with the statistical
analysis of tagged animals (2006).
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The School of Biological Sciences, University of
Aberdeen, has asked us to provide statistical modules for their Masters
course (2005-2006). We will also provide a series of statistical courses to
their PhD students (2006-2007).
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We were contracted by FRS Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen
to apply a multivariate analysis on morphometric, chemical, parasite and
genetics data from herring (EU project) (2005/2006).
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The Central Science Laboratory in York involved us in a
bird radar project (2005).
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The Crown Estate (UK) asked us to carry out an
experimental design for sampling chemical variables in salmon at fish farms
in Scotland.
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Based on a pilot study, a Dutch government
institute asked us to set up a marine benthic monitoring program. Results
were presented in a non-technical report: Development of an optimal
marine benthic monitoring program with respect to species-environmental
relations and temporal changes. The proposed monitoring program was
implement in June and July 2002, and the data were analysed by Highland
Statistics. Points of interest are species-environmental relationships and
effects of climate change.
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The Environment Agency (UK) commissioned us to analyse
the effects of nourishment on marine benthic data.
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During 2002-2005, we will provide
statistical consultancy for the EU funded project: Cephalopod Stocks in
European Waters: Review, Assessment and Sustainable Management. Additionally,
multivariate time series techniques will be applied to estimate common
spatial and temporal patterns in cephalopod abundances, and identify effects
of external environmental factors, underlying stock dynamics and fishing
pressure. This project has resulted in 4 co-authored papers.
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We were asked by the Marine Institute in
Ireland to provide statistical guidance for a PhD-studentship dealing with Irish
fisheries discarding. This project has resulted in 3
co-authored papers.
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We have carried out an extensive
multivariate data analysis for Landcatch Ltd., a salmon smolts company in
Scotland. Possible factors of post transfer mortality of sea winter salmon
in Scottish marine farms were identified.
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We have provided statistical courses and
lectures for organisations in the UK, mainland Europe, and South-America.
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