The Applied Statistics and Data Science (ASDa) group is the research support and general statistical consulting group of the Department of Statistics at the University of British Columbia.
By applying best practices and capitalizing on working relationships with leading data science researchers, ADSa's professional statistical consultants and scientific programmers can help you with all of your data analytics needs. For example, ASDa can:
- collaborate on study design and determine appropriate analytic methodology for grant proposals and project planning;
- manage, clean and wrangle data to a form that is ready for analysis;
- provide analytics through data visualization, exploration, modelling and interpretation;
- develop user friendly, interactive software tools;
- boost capacity and fill specific gaps in client’s skill sets;
- provide training through flexible, hands-on workshops on software and methodology.
History
Statistical Consulting and Research Lab (SCARL) was created shortly after the Department of Statistics was created in 1983. The vision was a research support unit for the Department of Statistics, to include computing, programming, data analysis, and statistical modeling. Over the years, demand from outside the department developed and it was accommodated on a user fee basis.
Starting in 2014, the Department began work on the new vision for the lab, in response to the emergence of data science and within it data analytics, with big data and high dimensional data analysis as fundamental features. Out of the consulation with the department researchers, partners, and other stakeholders, SCARL was redeveloped as ASDa. The new name more accurately reflects the team's expertise, and the new vision for the group expands its horizon to be the leader in practical data science at UBC and the region.