The Indiana Statistical Consulting Center (ISCC) is part of the IU Department of Statistics, with Professor Michael Trosset as Director. The Center was created by Indiana University to provide statistical support for the IU research community.

Location

Our office is located at 410 N Park Ave , two blocks north of the IMU and just down the street from the Stats Dept 'Statistics House'. We are on the 2nd floor, upstairs from the Stat/Math Center, where you can obtain statistical software and support.

Michael Trosset, Director, Professor of Statistics

Michael became Professor of Statistics and Director of ISCC in the Fall of 2006. His statistics career thus far has encompassed both academic positions and private consulting experiences. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of California Berkeley.

Likes:

• Computational statistics, statistical learning, design & analysis of computer experiments, stochastic optimization and response surface methodology
• Apple computers, R programming
• A large backyard, running, saving box turtles from traffic

Stephanie Dickinson, Senior Consultant

Stephanie became the first full-time consultant at ISCC in Fall 2007. She received a Master of Applied Statistics degree from The Ohio State University in 2001, and worked as a senior consultant at OSU's Center for Biostatistics and Comprehensive Cancer Center.

• Linear mixed models, logistic regression,
• Windows computers, SAS and SPSS (also STATA and R)
• Volleyball, barbeque, wildflowers

Thomas Jackson, Senior Consultant

Thomas recently joined the consulting team in July 2011 after completing a Master's degree in Statistics at Colorado State University.  He shares his time between teaching in the Statistics Department and consulting through ISCC.

• Spatial statistics, negative binomial/poisson models
• Macs and Windows, R programming
• Hiking, reading, and biking

Xuefu Wang, Consulting Associate

Xuefu is a second-year PhD student in the Department of Statistics. He began working at ISCC in June 2012.

• Spatial statistics, negative binomial/Poisson modeling, mixed models
• Windows computers, SPSS, R (and some Matlab)
• Tennis, sleeping, TV and music

Luke Shimek, Consulting Associate

Luke is a student in the Public Policy Joint PhD program at Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Department of Political Science. He began working at ISCC in February 2012.

• Game theory and rational choice models, political economics, regression modeling.
• Windows, anything with a command line interface, SAS and R (also STATA, RATS, EViews, and MatLab)
• Volleyball, RPGs, Board Games, and deep theoretical discussions