We help the Carleton community:
Apply Math + Stats Widely
- Fractions, ratios, percentages
- Logarithms, exponents
- Math up through Pre-Calculus
- Descriptive statistics
- Basic inferential statistics
- Advanced stats for comps
Communicate quantitatively
- Read graphs or basic statistics
- Create graphs, tables, and other charts
- Incorporate basic statistics into your writing
- Write up statistical analyses
- Excel, R, Tableau
Work With Data + Software
- Excel, Google Sheets
- R, RStudio, RStudio Cloud
- Python, Java
- LaTEX, MatLab
- SPSS
- Import + merge data
- Explore + analyze data
Message a Tutor
Prefer to ask your question over chat? We have you covered! Post your question in the QRC Slack space, or send a DM straight to a tutor. Messages posted in public channels are answered within 24 hours, and immediately during drop-in hours.
If this is your first time using Slack, enter your Carleton email address, click on continue with email, then enter your full name/display name and choose a password.
If you have used Slack before, click continue with Google, then select your Carleton email account.
Drop-In Tutoring
We have drop-in hours in the QRC every Sun-Thurs 4-10 pm. See the schedule below and tutor bios for specialties. If you are working on comps and need help working with data or statistics, drop in or make an appointment to see our comps consultant, Collin.
In-person services will adhere to the current Carleton guidelines for COVID-19 safety. Tutors reserve the right to request additional precautions such as masks.
| Winter 2025 | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thur | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:00-4:30 | Staff | ||||||
| 4:00-6:00 | Collin + Grace | Lena | Collin + Grace | Fiona + Lydia | Grace + Malachy | ||
| 6:00-8:00 | Collin + Grace | Fiona + Lydia | Lydia + Malachy | Grace + Lena | Collin + Lydia | ||
| 8:00-10:00 | Malachy | Dylan + Lydia | Dylan | Lena | Collin |
Comps Appointment
Our comps consultants are specialized, experienced tutors who are senior Statistics majors. Once you have acquired your data, they can help with many stages of the data lifecycle, from formatting and wrangling, to troubleshooting software and code, to visualizing and writing up results accurately and concisely. Appointments allow the comps consultants to prepare for the meeting, offer undivided attention, and meet in multiple stages if needed.
Check out the appointment calendar for upcoming slots with one of our comps consultants. If none are available, please check back in a few days or come to Drop-In Tutoring.
If you are looking for a private tutor for coursework instead of comps, please fill out this form and a staff member will get back to you shortly.
Weekly Data Drop-Ins
Working with data and not sure where to go? Every week, faculty and staff who are experts in different aspects of working with data hold mid-week drop-in hours in the QRC. You’ll often find the Digital Humanities folks, academic technologists, data librarians, and the QRC Director there, all in one place. Check out the QRC Events calendar for this term’s schedule. These events are open to the entire Carleton community.
Monthly Graph Clinics
Are you a staff member who collects or reports on data for your office? The first Tuesday of every month during common time, the QRC Director is available to consult on communicating about data more effectively. Staff can bring data, graphs, previous presentations, or reports, or just come to brainstorm new data-related projects. Drop by the QRC or Zoom.