Statistics Tutors and Research Methods at The Profs
At some point at University, most students will undertake their own research as part of their learning and assessment. The form and subjects of their research will vary, but essentially the process of producing a dissertation requires a coherent research strategy no matter what the topic. From conducting literature reviews, to designing and delivering surveys, or downloading and analyzing data using statistics packages such as SPSS, actually the process of research in very similar in all areas and specializations.
Throughout my experience as a Lecturer and a Private Statistics Tutor in London, I see students preparing for their research with hard work and enthusiasm. Conducting research on an area of personal or professional interest provides an opportunity for learning development and for some students, undertaking research during Higher Education provides a springboard for a career in academia.
However, even though research is often weighted as a big chunk of assessment, especially for postgraduate students, many students feel lost at some stage of the research process and understandably require further specialist statistics tuition and general academic support and guidance to facilitate the more hazy parts of the process...'what if my research question has already been addressed and recently published?' or 'how do I analyze my data?' or 'how do I conduct a thorough search of the literature?' are just some of the questions that students have as they manage their way through their research. More often than not, universities struggle to provide the level of support that is needed by first time researchers to get them up and running. This is a problem right through the university hierarchy, from undergraduates’ right up to PhDs.
Also, planning, conducting and writing up research usually take longer than originally anticipated. This isn't surprising given that each step along the way can involve unfamiliar territory e.g. gaining ethics approval, or choosing an appropriate statistical test in SPSS etc...So the bottom line is that a dissertation cannot be left until the last minute or whipped up in a couple of weeks. The process needs to evolve, address a gap in the area and have a coherent structure so that the author reflects their knowledge and skills as an expert in that field.
By securing a top Statistics Tutor with the Profs, students receive one-to-one guidance where a tutor will facilitate trickier aspects of conducting research and demonstrate exactly how to work through key stages of research. A talented and experience private tutor can help remove the for-of-research and make the research process a valuable learning experience for the student (which it so often is not). Our statistics and research methods tuition can take place in central London if you prefer face-to-face classes, but we offer an online statistics tuition service to students based anywhere in the world. Each tutorial will address specific concerns and take a 'how to' approach, where for example, a student will be shown exactly how to formulate a search strategy to identify research rather than list the processes that need to be undertaken. We support out students at every level of the research process and thus far, in my experience, the results have been astounding. Research can be enjoyable, and should be, but so often the lack of direction of a student and support from their department, means that research becomes an arduous and unsatisfactory experience.
If you feel like you could do with some specialist, professional statistics tuition then contact The Profs to get the research tuition ball rolling - it's never too early to start planning research and with the right guidance you might even discover something new to human understanding!