Dr Sandy Clarke-Errey

Statistical Consultant

Consulting

I have worked in the Statistical Consulting Centre since 2004.

My work in the Centre has included projects involving survey design and analysis, survival analysis, meta-analysis and data mining, and a diverse range of topics: from dentistry to cardiac surgery to carbon trading and biosecurity. I provide regular assistance to research students at the university and medical researchers throughout Melbourne Heath, collaborating with many hundreds of researchers in this way. I have extensive experience with the statistical packages R, Minitab, Genstat, and SPSS.

I am an Accredited Statistician (AStat) with the Statistical Society of Australia.

Examples

Here are some examples of my consulting work:

Propensity score matching to assess the impact of a high-acuity postoperative unit on patient outcomes
Survival analysis of workforce retention for the Department of Sustainability and Environment
Assistance with a submission to the Food and Drug Administration regarding the use of a medical monitoring device
Analysis of quantitative data for the evaluation of the RACGP education program

Research

I completed a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours in Applied Statistics at the University of Melbourne. I received my PhD in 2010. The topic of my PhD thesis was the performance of multiple hypothesis testing procedures in the presence of dependence, supervised by Professor Peter Hall.

Statistical consulting provides many and varied opportunities for research collaborations. Many of my recent collaboartions are in surgery.

Publications on Find an Expert

Resources

Along with other staff in the Statistical Consulting Centre, I have developed free resources to help with understanding statistics and data analytics. Here, for example, are some resources to assist with analysis and reporting of logistic regression:

All resources

Teaching

I have taught a range of courses and workshops for the University of Melbourne and the Statistical Consulting Centre, including short courses using R software.

With my colleague, Cameron Patrick, I developed and teach the workshop Introduction to R and Reproducible Research. The use of R in the university and industry is rapidly growing as is the need for clear, accessible training.
I also assist in the teaching of the popular Statistics for Research Workers using R and RMarkdown course.
I teach a free workshop for eligible University of Melbourne graduate research students and staff: Producing Quality Graphs.
Minitab
Link to software for students
Minitab showcase handout
Excel files for Minitab
R and ggplot
Cheatsheet for ggplot
csv files for R
code from the R showcase
I previously lectured Critical thinking with data (retired 2022), a University Breadth subject that taught students to become critical users of data-based evidence.

Contact

sjclarke@unimelb.edu.au
(03) 8344 6797
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Consulting

Examples

Research

Resources

Teaching

Statistical Consulting Centre short courses

University of Melbourne workshops

University of Melbourne subjects

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