Dr Pawel Skuza

Statistical Consultant

Library

+61 8 8201 3346

pawel.skuza@flinders.edu.au

Central Library

GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Qualifications

BSc(Math), MEd(EducResEvalAssess), PhD

Key responsibilities

1. Providing statistical one-to-one consultations

2. Conducting statistical workshops/tutorials

Introductory Level

- Introduction to IBM SPSS
- Introduction to Statistical Analysis

IBM SPSS - Intermediate Level

- Exploring Your Data (Descriptive Statistics, Graphs and Custom Tables)
- Missing Data Analysis
- Correlation
- Multiple Regression
- Logistic Regression and Survival Analysis
- T-tests and non-parametric equivalents
- ANOVAs and non-parametric equivalents
- Longitudinal Data Analysis - Repeated Measures ANOVA
- Categorical Data Analysis

IBM SPSS - Advanced Level

- Structural Equation Modelling using Amos
- Linear Mixed Models
- Longitudinal Data Analysis - Mixed and Latent Variable Growth Curve Models
- Scale Development
- Complex Sample Survey Design / ABS and DSS Confidentialised Datasets
- Programming in IBM SPSS (Syntax, Macros, Custom Dialogs and R programmability extensions)

3. Managing security and helping researchers to obtain an access to the confidential data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (CURFs), Australian Government Department of Social Services (HILDA, LSAC, LSIC & BNLA) and Eurostat

4. Providing technical support for Nvivo and IBM SPSS

5. Supervising administration of the IBM SPSS and NVivo site licenses as well as looking after a stand-alone PC with Specialised Statistical Software

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Further information

My statistical contribution has been acknowledged in close to 200 research papers and theses, to mention but a few recent publications:

Aclan, R., George, S., & Laver, K. (2023). A Digital Tool for the Self-Assessment of Homes to Increase Age-Friendliness: Validity Study. JMIR Aging, 6, e49500.
Amarasooriya, M. (2024). Assessment of in vivo kinematics of the normal and scapholunate instability wrist using dynamic CT scan Flinders University, College of Medicine and Public Health].
Barghamadi, M. (2024). Identifying and Teaching English Collocations for Persian Students Flinders University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences].
Didyk, C. (2024). Smartphone applications for the self-management of low back pain Flinders University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences].
Flight, I., Harrison, N. J., Symonds, E. L., Young, G., & Wilson, C. (2023). Validation of the Consumer Health Activation Index (CHAI) in general population samples of older Australians. PEC Innovation, 100224.
Mui, B., Muzaffar, J., Chen, J., Bidargaddi, N., & Shekhawat, G. S. (2023). Hearing Health Care Stakeholders' Perspectives on Teleaudiology Implementation: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Pathways Forward. American Journal of Audiology, 32(3), 560-573.
Nesbitt, K. (2024). Development, implementation and evaluation of a co-designed web-based cardiac rehabilitation program for patients living in rural and remote areas Flinders University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences].
Nitschke, J., Baring, R., Kar, F., & Dittmann, S. (2024). Deriving biomass conversion factors for southern temperate benthic fauna; analytical methods matter. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 303, 108794.
Thompson, J., Verrall, C., Bogaardt, H., Thirumanickam, A., Marley, C., & Boyle, M. (2024). Responding to the real problem of sustainable resuscitation skills with real assessment. Mixed-methods evaluation of an authentic assessment programme. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 30(6), 989-999.