Biostatistics Core FAQs
How do I request a service consultation?
- There are two different ways to request a service:
- Dr. Lee offers an initial 15-minute consultation and can be reach via email or booking a time.
- If you have a defined project or you used the Biostat Core before, click on the Surgery requester link via the Request a Consultation webpage.
- Dr. Lee offers an initial 15-minute consultation and can be reach via email or booking a time on her calendar.
What does a consultation entail?
- Project time for data analysis includes any meetings and time spent on analysis planning and work, data preparation, explaining/discussing results, writing sections of the manuscript, responding to reviewer comments with possible additional analysis work and rewriting, and any communication via email/phone/Zoom about the project.
Who are the biostatisticians?
What are the services and turnaround time?
| Type of Analysis | Forecasted Hours |
| Advice on analysis plan or analyses already done by requester | 5-10 hours |
| Code Review of data cleaning/analysis already done by requester | 2-5 hours, depending on complexity of data set/analysis |
| Perform all analysis for manuscript + manuscript review | Approximately 30 hours, but could range from 20-100 hours, depending on complexity of analysis |
| Providing additional analysis support to address reviewer comments for a paper in which the DoS Biostats Core was not initially involved | 10-15 hours, depending on complexity of additional analyses requested |
| Small requests such as instructions on how to perform a specific test or tests in Stata, R, etc. and how to interpret the results | 1-5 hours |
| Grant proposal help | 10-20 hours, depending on type of grant proposal |
| Abstract Preparation - may involve clarifying primary study objectives, cleaning data and preparing an analysis data set, performing analyses to address study objectives, creating summary tables and figures, writing the statistical methods and results, reviewing drafts of the abstract | 5-40 hours
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How much does it cost?
- Core Director $180.96
- Senior Biostatistician $132.24
How many free hours do I get?
- Residents and post-doctoral fellows receive 40 hours during their residency
- Faculty members receive one free consultation per year; maximum of 1 per each academic year; for grant submission, unlimited hours for NIH grants and maximum of 10 hours/year for non-federally funded grants
Refer to our policy for more information
What should I have ready when signing-up in iLab?
- Project alias title, description or abstract, service needed from the consultation, data file for upload (if applicable), deadline, and mentor(s) information
- Funding information:
- Faculty and resident with active funding source are automatically registered in iLab with speedtype information
- For residents/postdoc fellows, medical students, and staff who do not have active funding, please have the Faculty/PI lab name and their funding/speedtype information
- If you experience any issues, email the Biostat Core Admin for assistance
Could you extract or organize my data?
- The Biostatistics Core does not support data extracting.
- We do not have access to databases, such as IMB Merative MarketScan.
- It is expected we receive data sets from you that are ready for analysis and with clear data documentation. Please refer to the following instructions for creating a dataset.
- Please reach out to Dr. Lee if you have any questions, or if you would like help identifying services that support your data extraction and data management.
Note: If you are already registered in iLab, visit our Checklist for further detailed tips and guidance.