Statistical Consulting Services
Statistical consulting services for current VCU faculty, staff, and students are provided by appointment by graduate students and faculty from VCU Statistical Sciences & Operations Research.
Co-Authorship and Acknowledgement:
If the Statistical Consultant contributes in any substantial way to a publication, with advice, planning, or analysis, then he or she is entitled to be a co‐author (if their material is being used). In that case, the statistical consultant also has a responsibility for the publication as a whole, as outlined in the JAMA criteria.
Otherwise, a statement of acknowledgment similar to the following may be appropriate:
"The Statistical Consulting Service at Virginia Commonwealth University and in particular [name the consultant] assisted with the design and analysis of this experiment [or study or project]."
Articles: Please send copies of all articles that recognize the Statistical Consulting Service at Virginia Commonwealth University to statconsult@vcu.edu
Statistical & Research Resources
- Software at VCU
- Working with Sensitive Data
- When working with sensitive data, it is your responsibility to ensure that the data is secured during collection, transmission, and storage.
VCU Encryption Security Standard - sections III-V - Research Data Security Overview
- What is sensitive data?
VCU Data Classification Standard - How do I collect and store sensitive data?
- Unless stored on University centrally managed or comparable network storage devices, all Category I data must be encrypted when stored in electronic format.
- Secured central storage for sensitive research data is available on Fenn
- All fixed storage devices on University-owned laptop computers must be encrypted with the VCU enterprise encryption solution.
- REDCap provides secured web data collection forms and secured web surveys
- See VCU Encryption Security Standard - section IV
- How can I safely transmit sensitive data?
- By email: Use Zixmail Secure Email
- For file transfers: Establish a VPN connection and then use an SFTP program such as Filezilla
- Securing mobile devices
- See VCU Encryption Security Standard - section V
- VCU Office of Research
- CITI Training
- NIH: Protecting Personal Health Information in Research:
Understanding the HIPAA Privacy Rule
- When working with sensitive data, it is your responsibility to ensure that the data is secured during collection, transmission, and storage.
- VCU Resources for Researchers
- VCU Biostatistical Consulting Lab
- VCU Center for Biological Complexity
- VCU Center for Clinical and Translational Research
- VCU Office of Research
- VCU SERL- Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory
- Technology Services Research Servers
- App2Go - Windows server with research applications
- Unix servers for research
- Other Resources