RStats Institute

RStats Institute provides research support and statistical consulting services to faculty and graduate student researchers within the McQueary College of Health and Human Services (MCHHS) at Missouri State University. Our mission is to facilitate and improve the quality of scholarly work by supporting researchers throughout the research process, including research design, statistical analysis, interpretation of results, and manuscript preparation. RStats serves in an advisory role throughout the research process. Faculty services are limited to 3 hours or 3 consultations per semester, whichever comes first.

RStats offers assistance and resources for any and all phases of your research project

The RStats Institute primarily provides support throughout all phases of quantitative research, including research design, data management, statistical analysis, interpretation, and reporting. Limited consultation may be provided for mixed-methods research designs or the integration of quantitative components within broader research projects; however, the institute does not provide comprehensive qualitative research design, qualitative coding, or qualitative data analysis services.

The RStats Institute provides support in the following areas:

Research question refinement and research design consultation
Selection of appropriate statistical tests
Survey design review and Qualtrics consultation support
Guidance on data formatting, coding, data cleaning, and data management
Statistical consultation using R, SPSS, JASP, SAS, and related platforms
Interpretation of results and reporting guidance
Table, figure, manuscript, and APA-style reporting
Power and sample size consultation
Grant proposal and grant reporting consultation support
Research education workshops, seminars, and instructional programming
Academic poster consultation of analysis and discussion sections and presentation support

RStats promotes and supports research expertise across MSU

Sponsored colloquiums, via an invited quantitative specialist each year as funding permits
Workshops on various research designs, statistical techniques, and data management each semester
Fee-for-service assistance, such as grant proposals

RStats workshops

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RStats Workshops

More information coming Fall 2026

RStats consultation

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Receive in-depth help on a research project, in person or online. Consultations are free for students and faculty members affiliated with Missouri State University within the McQueary College of Health and Human Services.

Hired consultation in experimental design, questionnaire development, data management, data analyses, power analyses, grant submissions, grant yearly reports, and publications submissions is also available.