New Researchers' Library Guide

The Digital Stewardship (Research) team aims to modernise scholarly practice via digital techniques and by maximising the value of research data. The team specialises in:

• Navigating researchers complex needs and compliance relating to data and digital.
• Building online collections and resources.
• Data curation, digital archives & University systems.
• Data forensics and recovery.

The Melbourne Statistical Consulting Platform provides statistical advice to graduate research students and staff at the University of Melbourne on designing and implementing quantitative studies, and analysing and interpreting results, to generate robust findings and insights.

We offer practical statistical advice about designing, implementing and analysing your quantitative research studies. Our team is experienced in statistics and data analysis and can work on any size of study.

We offer tailored consultations to University of Melbourne academics, professional staff and graduate researchers, with an emphasis on education and training. We can cover any stage of a quantitative research project, including:

• Study design
• Questionnaire design and data collection methods
• Choice of sample size
• Data management and verification
• Use of statistical software
• Data exploration and visualisation
• Modelling and analytics strategies, including modern methods from data science
• Interpretation and quality communication of analyses.

We also run specialised short courses for professionals, academic and graduate researchers.

SCIP is a unit with staff who specialise in supporting digital methods for researchers in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Science. They provide assistance with research methodologies, data analysis, and software, including consultation and training in:

• Survey and quantitative methods,
• Computational social science methods, and
• Digital humanities methods.