Annual report: 4/1/2023 – 3/31/2024
Who we are
We are part of the Department of Statistics in L&S
We provide UW faculty, staff, and students with assistance in all statistical aspects of research, from project design through publication.
- Director: Cécile Ané, Professor, Statistics & Botany
- Manager: Nicholas Keuler, Academic Staff, Statistics
- Project Assistants (Statistics graduate students)
- 1.25 FTE average; PAs had 17%-50% appointments, varying across semesters
- N. Aviles, C. Breen, E. Gorstein, M. Harding, S. Holmes, A. Kokandakar, M. Liou, S. Moen
Thanks to funding by: CALS, L&S, the Primate Research Center (WNPRC), and the Department of Medical Sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine
Who we served
We served a total of 23 departments / units, 207 clients, 107 PIs, in 768 meetings
Number of meetings, unique clients and unique PIs
| College | # meetings | # clients | # PIs |
| CALS | 662 | 170 | 84 |
| Other | 106 | 37 | 23 |
Number of meetings with CALS departments and PIs
| Department | # meetings | # clients | # PIs |
| Agricultural & Applied Economics | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Animal & Dairy Science | 67 | 22 | 17 |
| Bacteriology | 35 | 11 | 4 |
| Biological Systems Engineering | 44 | 16 | 6 |
| Entomology | 58 | 10 | 4 |
| Forest & Wildlife Ecology | 63 | 12 | 7 |
| Food Science | 53 | 12 | 4 |
| Genetics | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Life Sciences Communication | 21 | 4 | 2 |
| Nutritional Sciences | 40 | 7 | 5 |
| Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Plant & Agroecosystem Sciences | 119 | 33 | 14 |
| Plant Pathology | 92 | 20 | 8 |
| Soil Science | 54 | 16 | 8 |
While we served many units and PIs in CALS, we note that several units in CALS are not represented, and some units are represented by a small fraction of their PIs.
Our goal for next year is to asses unmet needs, and advertise our services to PIs and units who do not know about what we offer.
Client feedback
High satisfaction
- We were perceived very highly, with 96% researcher satisfaction overall (“agreed” or “strongly agreed”).
- 93% researchers view our contributions as “critical” or “very valuable” to their research.
- 89% researchers indicated they would probably or definitely need further collaboration in the future.
