Research Support Consulting
Continuing Education
Communications Statistical Support
Research Support
The CRCS supports research by:
- providing statistical support to researchers, students, and
teachers within the University of North Florida and other institutions of
higher education;
- participating as co-investigators in grant funded research with
researchers, students, and teachers within the University of North Florida
and other institutions of higher education;
- initiating grant proposals and conducting research associated with
these grants.
Consulting
The CRCS forms short term and long term
contractual arrangements with individuals and organizations to provide
consulting services. The CRCS offers consulting services to organizations such
as:
- industrial, commercial , financial, and
other business enterprises;
- organizations and departments connected to
state, county, and city governments;
- for profit and not-for-profit health
organization including hospitals, HMOs, and physician’s groups;
- public service and charitable organizations.
The expertise of faculty, students, and
consultants are available to help clients solve problems is areas such as:
- data collection, organization, and
analysis;
- experimental design;
- statistical quality control;
- statistical and probabilistic modeling;
- survey construction, design, and analysis.
The CRCS can help clients in
their quests to answer questions such as:
- What story does my data have to tell?
- How large a sample should I select? How should the items in
the sample be selected?
- Are key manufacturing, service or natural processes under
statistical control? That is, are key processes behaving in a stable and
predictable manner? What methods should I use to establish and maintain
statistical control over key processes? How capable are key
processes?
- How can statistical methods be used to improve products and
processes? How can statistical methods be used in product design and
development?
- What does the future hold? That is, how can statistical forecasting
be used to make better business and organizational decisions?
Continuing Education
Activities
The CRCS develops and conducts workshops, mini-courses, and
training seminars. These continuing education activities are offered
off-the-shelf or can be tailored to meet the specific needs of persons and
organizations within the region.
Communications
The CRCS operates as a communications center
for research within the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and for
other researchers engaged in projects with the Center; advertises the services
and expertise of the faculty; contributes to
the academic, business and government community’s understanding of the vital
role that UNF researchers can and do play
in Northeast Florida. To help support these activities the Center
- publishes a newsletter;
- publishes and makes available technical reports;
- maintains a web page.
Statistical Support
The CRCS serves as a center for university
wide statistical support. The statistics help-line fields questions from
students, faculty and other users of statistics.
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