Grad School Statistics (Course Work or Thesis/Dissertation)
Want to UNDERSTAND those stats tests in your class or for your project? Want help with your dissertation or thesis? If you are stuck learning SPSS or SAS, I can help.
I find research fun and make stats simple, working mostly with grad students who seek me out for thesis research +/or their classes. I apologize for it, but stats classes often are not taught well in understandable language. Social work or psychology students are common, but of course I am open to whatever kind of program you...
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Wonderful tutor!! Worth every penny.
I am a graduate student with a limited income who needed help with my Probability and Statistics class. Because of this, I initially sought the help of tutors who charged less. What I found was that these people usually either didn't know their subject or didn't know how to teach, in some cases both. They also often lacked those qualities that characterize true professionals. There is truth to the saying, "You get what you pay for." Karen charges a little more than some other tutors on WyzAnt (but also a lot less than tutors who charge hundreds of dollars an hour.) But let me assure you that she is worth every penny. You won't regret it. (Remember, you can save a lot if you buy a package in advance.) She has all the qualities that make up a really good tutor: 1) Experience- she has been doing this a long time (she is not just an undergrad looking for some beer money) 2) A thorough knowledge of her subject 3) She is patient and kind 4) She is positive and encouraging 5) She knows how to teach (most people forget that teaching is a skill and a talent. Some people haven't been trained or don't have the aptitude for it.) 6) She is a professional who arrives on time and comes prepared 7) She really cares about her students and gets excited when they make progress or achieve their goals. (I was pleasantly surprised to receive an encouraging text from her before my final and another text after to find out how I did!!! Most tutors wouldn't go the extra mile like that.) Karen has the special and rare ability to tailor her teaching to each individual student. Students are different. They require different approaches, as unique as they are. Karen knows how to adapt to this and present the material to each student in the way they need. Because I work in and study Educational Psychology, I am familiar with a lot of studies on the effectiveness of various teaching methods. Research clearly shows the great gains a student receives in comprehension and mastery of material from tutoring, as opposed to traditional classroom instruction. But research also shows huge differences between gains that students get from amateur tutors vs. professionals. Amateur tutors sometimes don't even bring about the gains that students get in the classroom. But a professional tutor brings about gains that can be 1 or 2 standard deviations above the classroom norm. The conclusion: a professional tutor is different from an amateur and worth every penny. Because of Karen, I went from a sense of despair over my poor performance in the Stats class to literally acing weekly quizzes (which I had once failed) and doing great on the final. I only wish I had gone to her earlier. My early quiz and midterm grades would have been so much higher!!!
Daniel, 20 lessons with Karen
Takes the mystery out of statistics
Finally I am once again excited about working on my dissertation. Thank you Karen for helping me understand my research and statistics. Your quick assessment of my learning style made a huge difference in relieving my frustration with my statistical work. I love the way you are able to explain the work in a language that I understand.
Christine, 8 lessons with Karen
SPSS Statistics
This was the 6th week of a 8 week class. Karen had the full week to assist in understanding concepts that were difficult. She was diligent in appointments and follow through. She has a very good grasp of the subject and the week's result were good!
Donald, 7 lessons with Karen
Best SPSS Tutor
Karen was able to help me understand SPSS in 1 hour. She is truly excellent. She simplifies everything and I'm able to perform the tasks. Excellent tutor.
Arlene, 3 lessons with Karen
Good teacher but...
She was good and understandable but she cares more about time and money we started 3:30 and the end was 5:00 she charged me $1.83 per minutes, I see that not fair because she spent 5 to 10 minutes to open her laptop to access WyzAnt and she could do it after the lesson or not charged me for those minutes plus she asked me some questions about different things and she showed me her necklace which brought by her brother .......anyways if she counted the minutes to gain some time then to charge more money for that she played well .. so my advice to who wants to take her next time focus on what you meet her for and watch the time minute by minute or she going to charge you more than you think...
Muteb, 1 lesson with Karen
Amazing teacher, patient, and an expert in the subject!
I was in serious danger of failing my semester of Categorical Data Analysis with SAS. I went to Karen hoping that she could somehow help me pass my class and make this particular statistics class understandable. Needless to say that after one session with her I had learned more in a few hours than I had learned the entire year. After a few more sessions my hope of passing actually started increasing and I am not lying and I never thought that I would say this, but I actually was having fun doing statistics. It's not a subject that comes easily to me but I have gained an actual working understanding of the subject matter and now the formulas have a reason for being and I have learned how to apply them. Yesterday I got the news that I passed my class and I know that I would not have been able to do it without Karen's tutoring!
Sonja, 4 lessons with Karen
Knowlegeable, patient, and very smart
Today Karen and I reviewed many SAS programming concepts and reviewed our work from our first tutoring session until I felt comfortable preparing a presentation for my dissertation committee. I can't recommend Karen highly enough. Great teaching style, extremely smart and knowledgeable about statistical concepts, and working expertise in SPSS and SAS.
Christopher, 5 lessons with Karen
Great!
Karen made a very challenging subject for me a lot more fun! I really appreciated our time together. :)
Michele, 13 lessons with Karen
Best stats help for dissertation
Karen is a superb stats teacher. She is patient, enthusiastic, and supportive. She takes the time to explain each and every step and why. She has helped me clean my data in SPSS, replace missing data, and showed me how to effortlessly create syntax. She has also helped me to refine my research questions so I feel like I have a clearer understanding of what it is that I want to look at and what analysis is needed to answer them. She is easy to reach via phone/email and you can set up a virtual meeting or meet with her in-person. I highly recommend Karen—if you are looking for someone to teach you how to use SPSS, help you set up and interpret your data, she is the one!
Monica, 2 lessons with Karen
Very good tutor
Patient, knowledgeable, helpful - covered what I needed, although I probably needed a more advanced skill-set to benefit from the level Karen teaches at.
Jo, 1 lesson with Karen
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