Know the right statistics and understand your data analysis.
“Thank you for this answer! It has saved me from many more hours of fruitlessly searching for something I wasn’t even sure how to search for! I will look into those resources and may consider the bootstrapping method.”
– Jean Pesola, Statistically Speaking member
What struggles do you have analyzing your research data?
Hi, I’m Karen Grace-Martin, your statistics mentor.
I’ve been supporting researchers like you through their statistical planning, analysis, and interpretation since 1997.
Now imagine that instead of the struggle, you had a framework for knowing what analyses are out there and how to learn them.
Imagine whenever you have a question, you could ask the Statistically Speaking mentors, statisticians who LIVE this stuff and know exactly what to recommend.
AND you had high quality stats trainings from mentors you trust.
How much time, money, and stress would that save you?
On second thought… don’t answer that. Instead, keep reading!
What is Statistically Speaking?
Statistically Speaking is the #1 statistics skills-building program where researchers like you can build confidence in statistics through ongoing learning and support.
Led by Karen Grace-Martin, Statistically Speaking empowers you to finally understand statistics in a way that makes YOU a better researcher.
“Not only are Analysis Factor staff knowledgeable and credentialed, bringing great theoretical understanding to quantitative empirical research, but they are practicing professionals who understand the challenges of actually undertaking research projects in the field… I have no doubt that the value I bring to my university through my work has been enhanced tremendously as a result of my membership in The Analysis Factor.”
– J.W., Statistically Speaking member
What’s in Statistically Speaking?
Stat’s Amore Training Videos
Weekly Live Q&A Webinars
Statistically Speaking Ask-A-Mentor Forum
Stat’s Amore Training Webinars
Statistically Speaking includes 90 minute trainings on a wide variety of stats topics and guided maps to the trainings you need. Each training brings you the most valuable topics and information in statistics and data analysis. Forget the jargon, though — each and every presentation is conversational and in language non-statisticians can understand.
We pride ourselves on presenting topics that are applicable to a wide range of research areas and statistical methodologies, and that will help YOU make the right decisions as you analyze your data.
A small sampling of the many Stat’s Amore Trainings:
— Communicating Statistical Results to Non-Statisticians with Kim Love, PhD
— Types of Regression Models and When to Use Them with Karen Grace-Martin
— Dealing Effectively with Small Sample Sizes with Audrey Schnell, PhD
— A Gentle Introduction to Propensity Score Adjustments and Analysis with Trent Buskirk, PhD
— Cox Regression with Steve Simon, PhD
Each month, you can attend the featured training webinar live or get access to a new software tutorial. Of course, the session is recorded and available to stream on demand as long as you’re a member.
All members get immediate access to our complete collection of more than 120 Stat’s Amore Trainings and are guided to the ones they need.
“Just wanted to thank you for your help in the webinar last month. I had some questions about mean reversion – I seemed to understand it less the more I thought about it. Anyway, we talked it through in the webinar, and it greatly helped my understanding of the topic.”
– Paul Grayson, Statistically Speaking member
Weekly Live Q&A Webinars
Every week, you have access to multiple Q&A sessions where you can get the benefit of expert insight into your specific statistical challenges, questions, and issues — in a private, supportive environment.
We know it can be hard to ask statistical questions. It seems like you’re either greeted with a blank stare (“I have no idea what you’re talking about…”) or a superior smirk (“You don’t know that?!”).
But our Statistically Speaking mentors love to help smart researchers like you understand the finer points of their data, and what it all means. So we encourage you to ask away!
The live, open Q&A sessions are available 2-3 times each week.
“I am just writing to say a HUGE thanks to Jeff. I had a 10 min chat with him earlier this week, and he directed me to the resource (e.g. Figure it out website) that solved all statistical issues that I was having. Jeff is absolutely amazing, because he asked all the right questions, quickly got to the point of my problem, and helped with recommending just the right source!!! I am so grateful, and looking very forward to collaborate in a future.”
– Irina Patwardhan
Statistically Speaking Ask-A-Mentor Forum
Got a burning question that just can’t wait for the Q&A session? Never fear, the private forum is at your fingertips.
Ask any question related to your research, data analysis, or statistics with the complete confidence that your posts won’t show up in Google searches or forwarded in an email chain around your department.
This is private, confidential community where you can ask anything about statistics, without fear. (You can even cloak your identity to remain 100% anonymous, if you so choose.)
“I love the breadth of topics. There is something for everyone from advanced generalized linear mixed models to testing the assumptions of common statistical tests. Despite my many years in research, I learn something new from each session I attend.”
– S.Z., Statistically Speaking member
What Other Options Do You Have?
If you were to hire a statistical consultant to analyze your data, it could run you thousands of dollars. And next time around, you’d be in the same situation — with a pile of data and no idea how to analyze it.
You could ask a colleague — if there is one who can help! Or try to piece together an answer from an informal online group… but sometimes you don’t get the answer, and sometimes you get multiple answers — all of which conflict with each other.
If you were to try to figure it all out on your own, the time investment and your lack of confidence in your analysis might prevent you from making the progress toward publication you want and need.
So what’s better?
Statistically Speaking…designed for you — the researcher without a statistical consulting budget or a degree in statistics.
We empower smart researchers like you in your professional development, giving you the statistical skills and confidence you need — without the huge price tag.
By offering this support in a group environment, we can reduce the cost and increase the accessibility.
Ready to join Statistically Speaking?
We’re confident that you’re going to love Statistically Speaking.
As with all our programs, your satisfaction is guaranteed. If you participate fully and find you are not satisfied for any reason within the first 30 days of membership, we’ll issue you a 100% refund, no questions asked.
Of course, you can cancel your membership at any time.
3 Reasons to Join Statistically Speaking Right Now:
Building Real Skills
Our goal is not to just tell you what your data means, but to empower you for the future.
We want you to be the best researcher you can be — and that means knowing what’s happening in the world of statistics so you can set up your study in an optimal manner, knowing when to use different types of tests, and how to understand the results you get.
Our mentors pride themselves in understanding what you already understand so we can take you by the hand and help you grow in your professional development.
Ongoing Support
Get real-time commentary, suggestions, and support on your pressing statistical issues and data analysis questions.
Post in our forum and typically, you’ll receive a response to your question within one business day. Or attend our weekly Q&A sessions and ask any stats-related question — about a Stat’s Amore Training, about your research, or about something you never understood and finally want to clarify. The responses you receive from our mentors is based on solid experience you can trust.
When you join Statistically Speaking, you’ll get on-demand expert advice when you need it — in a confidential, supportive environment.
Up-to-date Instruction
Get something new every month, whether that’s a new Stat’s Amore Training, a software tutorial, or a map to a topic you’ve wanted to learn.
Our mentors know there is always something more to learn. That’s why every Statistically Speaking mentor is dedicated to ongoing learning, and then passing that on and empowering you.
“If you are no longer in school, do not work full time in research, but you must implement tools that come from the researchers, [Statistically Speaking] keeps you up to date with methodologies… I have been able to take ideas/techniques picked up through [the membership site] that are generally not used in my field and apply them to solve problems.”
– Martin Watts, Statistically Speaking member
Building Real Skills
We all tend to think of “Statistical Analysis” as one big skill, but it’s not. There are four stages of statistical skill:
Biggest Statistical Obstacles For Researchers
These are the three most common problems that we hear from researchers in regard to their data analysis:
No One to Ask
There’s no one to ask within your institution…
Or the people who are there make it very difficult to admit you aren’t 100 percent sure about analyzing your data…
Or you ask multiple people and get conflicting results.
You want to get this right, but asking that one colleague comes with a high price tag, so you’d rather figure out a way that doesn’t involve going to the Know-It-All.
Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
If you’re working on your dissertation, or you’re coming back to quantitative research after some time away, it can be difficult to translate classes in statistics into real-world data analysis… or to get caught up in the “new” trends that you’re expected to have mastered.
All or Nothing
Either you have to puzzle all this out on your own, or you hire a consultant to take the whole thing off your hands. But if you pass off your analysis to someone else, you never learn, so the next time you need to interpret — or defend — your results, you’re in the same boat. So you’re left having to choose “all or nothing,” and neither one feels quite right.
Want to know how to banish these three obstacles?
You got it… Statistically Speaking!
“I’ve been a member since Feb 2016, and since then I have felt the constant reassurance of having you all at my back! Really, what a tremendous service you provide… …I revisited those lessons many times and learned so much from your regular newsletters and webinars. I’m a scientist at a federal lab where we don’t have a statistical consulting group, so just knowing you were there was huge for me! I thank Karen and all of you for everything you do to improve statistical approaches, confidence, and outcomes for analyzers who are not statisticians. You truly get us!”
– Hilary Neckles, Statistically Speaking member
What Statistically Speaking Is:
— Ongoing training and professional development. Improve your knowledge and skills with a guided curriculum of trainings. On top of that, you’ll get introduced to new concepts and topics in an approachable, conversational manner.
— Supportive mentorship. No jargon or deriving equations. Just straight talk about your statistical issues and data analysis in a friendly environment.
— A safe place to as questions. We keep the trolls at bay so you can feel 100% comfortable asking your questions and getting the support you need in a confidential manner.
— Low-cost. Memberships start at just $65.83 per month (with an annual membership), and you can cancel at any time (student rates available – see below!).
— Packed with value. Just the monthly new content and weekly Q&A sessions are worth more than the cost of one month’s membership…but you also get added benefits like discounts, the ask-a-mentor forum, and more.
“What a straightforward solution! I had spent hours trying to fathom it out – thank you!”
– Clare Dyer, Statistically Speaking member
What’s Included In Your Membership:
— The upcoming Stats Skills Accelerator is INCLUDED in membership! – Value $600
— A Framework; a guided structure for building your understanding of Statistics – Value $300
— Guided Collection of Statistical Trainings – Value $2750
— Live Q&A Sessions, 2-3 per week – Value $300/mo
— Member-Only, Ask-A-Mentor Stats Forum – Value $60/mo
— 20% Discounts on Workshops from The Analysis Factor – Value $50-$200 each workshop
— Renewal on expiring Workshops from The Analysis Factor – Value $25-$100 each workshop
— New content every month as new Stat’s Amore Trainings and Software Tutorials! – Value $300/mo
Your Cost:
$79/month or $66/month with annual contract ($790 billed annually)
“Membership in TAF is worth every penny to me as I’m a recently graduated biostatistician, but I don’t work with any other statisticians and so effectively have no one to ask questions of. The researchers I work with seem to think I should be an encyclopedia of stats knowledge – so being able to ask questions here is invaluable. Thanks again.”
– Andrew C., Statistically Speaking member
How Statistically Speaking fits into Your Stats Journey:
Statistically Speaking gives you a framework for learning statistics, helps you plan a clear path ahead for your learning and your data analysis (including expert feedback on your data analysis plan!), and includes ongoing opportunity to build your skills. Finally, when applying what you have learned, you are bound to hit snags along the way, and the Statistically Speaking mentors are there for you.
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To really understand the incredible amount of valuable information in Statistically Speaking and the direct benefits it will have on your statistical understanding, we suggest you check it out for yourself.
Meet Your Team
Karen Grace-Martin has a superpower: explaining complex statistics in a way that makes you say, “oh, I finally get it!” That is why she created Statistically Speaking, so that you could have that light bulb moment.
Karen presents many of the Stat’s Amore trainings within the membership and is on the forums everyday helping members with missing data, mixed models, logistic regression, interpreting regression parameters, and much more.
“The way Karen explained the connection between total variance explained, component loadings and how it relates to the components was just so helpful in tying it all together for me in a way that I could then see how it’s applied/interpreted.”
– Eileen Mack Thorley
For Jeff Meyer, being an effective stats mentor takes more than just a knowledgeable and logical approach to analyzing data. You have to also enjoy working with people – and most importantly, care about their success.
Jeff is the go-to resource for Statistically Speaking members working with Stata and MPlus. He’s also well-versed in confidence intervals and effect sizes. Jeff’s loves to chat about multivariate, logistic, mixed models, truncated, censored, Poisson, and negative binomial regression, or anything latent variable—SEM, latent class analysis, factor analysis, latent growth curves, etc
“The only reason I am going to have a Ph.D. by the end of this year is because of Jeff Meyer and that is not an exaggeration.”
– Statistically Speaking member
Kim Love has more than a decade of professional and academic experience in the fields of regression and linear models, categorical data, generalized linear models, mixed effects models, nonlinear models, repeated measures, and experimental design.
While she enjoys working with all clients, Kim particularly enjoys working with those who feel they have a less-than-perfect relationship with statistics. Her goal is to spread an appreciation of statistics across many fields of study, starting by making it understandable to those who interact with it.
“…incredibly useful. Not only in providing some foundation in understanding, but Kim often worked “out loud” in a sense so that we could see the logic process that leading to the solution.”
– Priscilla
Clark Kogan is an experienced statistical scientist and owner of StatsCraft LLC, holding a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Montana. He currently serves as an adjunct faculty at Washington State University. His consulting specialties include Bayesian models, generalized linear mixed models, research design, and R programming, with a proven track record in various research contexts.
As a consultant and mentor, Dr. Kogan values a balance between insights derived from data and expert knowledge that emerges from collaborative discussions surrounding the data. He remains committed to guiding every project towards meaningful and impactful outcomes.
“Thanks, Clark! No questions here – just happy to have seen a good overview of what to do with assumption violations, for once. The table at the end was really helpful.”
– Statistically Speaking member
Get Started Today
To really understand the incredible amount of valuable information in Statistically Speaking and the direct benefits it will have on your statistical understanding, we suggest you check it out for yourself.
Membership Options
Monthly
– Upcoming Stats Skills Accelerator
– Immediate Access to All Stat’s Amore Trainings and Software Tutorials
– Weekly Q&As
– Ask-A-Mentor Forum
– Searchable Resource Library
– Exclusive Workshop Discounts
$79/month
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Student Discounts Available
Are you a student on a tight budget? We’ve been there!
Submit your student I.D. for a special student discount of almost 40%.
Annual
– Upcoming Stats Skills Accelerator
– Immediate Access to All Stat’s Amore Trainings and Software Tutorials
– Weekly Q&As
– Ask-A-Mentor Forum
– Searchable Resource Library
– Exclusive Workshop Discounts
– Equivalent of 2 months free!
$790/year
Auto-billed annually
For annual contracts:
Group Discounts Available
Do you have a group of 3 or more enrollees for the same institution?
Fill out the form below to find your discounted group rate.
Answers to Your Questions
What happens when I join Statistically Speaking?
When you click on one of the “Join Now” buttons in the table above, you’ll be taken to a quick order form. Just fill in your contact information and payment information. You’ll receive an email soon afterward with your personal log-in for the member site. That’s all there is to it.
Am I locked into a contract?
No. As a monthly member, your commitment is $79/month, billed automatically, and you can cancel at any time. In fact, try us for 30 days. If you’re not delighted, we’ll refund your full payment – no questions asked!
After that 30-day period, cancel at any time. You’ll still be able to access everything until your current month is expired.
If you join as an annual member, you get a significant discount. Once you register, you have 30 days to cancel for a full refund.
Bottom line: What do I get when I sign up?
Just the facts…here’s what you get when you sign up today:
— A Framework to build your statistics skills with maps to over 120 Stat’s Amore Trainings taught by expert statisticians and researchers
— Live Q&A sessions 2-3 times per week where you can ask ANY stats-related questions
— Member-only access to the Statistically Speaking ask-a-mentor forum
— Fresh content, including LIVE Stat’s Amore Trainings or new software tutorials, every month!
— A Tool to track your progress as you work your way through the trainings and improve your statistical skills
— Special discounts on workshops and more at The Analysis Factor
When are the webinars and Q&A sessions? What if I can’t attend live?
Stat’s Amore Trainings are typically held in the afternoon Eastern time. Q&A sessions are held at a variety of times to address the varying locations and time zones of our members.
We always record Stat’s Amore Trainings – that way, even if you have to miss a live session, you never miss out on any content and resources. Recordings are typically posted within 24 hours after a live session, accessible from the Statistically Speaking membership site.
Do I get access to past webinars?
All members – both monthly members and annual members – have streaming, on-demand replay access to ALL training webinars. However, once you cancel your membership, you will no longer be able to access any Statistically Speaking content.
I’m a student on a tight budget – do you have a discount?
We’ve been there! We love students and want to support you. Current students (with a valid ID) can join Statistically Speaking at the monthly level for only $47/month – almost 40% off the regular rate.
I think I can get a few others in my department to join – do you have a group discount?
Yes! Groups of 3 or more people from the same organization can receive a discount of 15% on your annual membership. Contact us for more information.
Got other questions? Contact us now!
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If you’re dedicated to building your statistical understanding and want to do so in a confidential, supportive environment, then Statistically Speaking may be just what you’re looking for.
We’re looking forward to supporting you!
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