Bridging gaps in the science of data
Tarastats is a Statistical Consultancy founded in Helsinki, Finland in December 2015 by Dr. Ana Kolar. The intention of the consultancy is to offer the bridge connecting statistical-methodological science and data users: businesses, non-governmental and non-for-profit organisations, governments, researchers, data scientists and analysts, engineers, journalists, educators, change leaders, policy makers and everyone else dealing with data.
Statistics for understanding
Statistics turns data into information. It elevates understanding and empowers decision-making. We offer advice and training programs that are grounded on the latest statistical-methodological science.
Trustworthy data analytics and result validation
We acknowledge that only reliable information is helpful information when providing foundations for understanding and reliable solutions. We offer assistance with data analysis, validation of data analysis protocols, and assessment of trustworthiness of derived information.
Train your mind to think as statisticians do
We offer training & learning opportunities to develop modern statistical thinking, to learn how to analyse causal relationship and to exploring advanced statistical methodologies that enable us to analyse data in scientifically objective way.
About the founder
Dr. Ana Kolar holds a PhD in Statistics, BSc in Economics and a postgraduate qualification in tertiary teaching and learning. Her PhD advisor and statistical guru is one of the greatest statisticians of today – Professor Dr. Donald B. Rubin from Harvard University.
Ana has over 20 years of international professional experience in the fields of academia, applied statistics and research. As an economist, she has worked in different industries and sectors – from oil and gas, management consulting to IT solutions. Throughout this time, she has kept in touch with academia, teaching macroeconomics and business communication courses.
In her later career, she spent some time as a statistician in the investment banking sector before entering full-time academia as a business statistics lecturer.
Her passion for helping people and the environment, brought her to the office of the United Nations, where she provided research and statistical assistance in the field of population and development.
Ana’s professional experience includes a variety of projects, from business evaluations to business developments, from human resources and cultural capital evaluations to macroeconomics and financial statistical modelling, from database building to statistical analyses for evidence-based policies.
In 2015, her passion for statistics, learning and sharing led her to develop new learning approaches for developing statistical thinking skills – the essential skills of the AI era.
Ana says, that as impressive as the AI is, it cannot think, therefore, to get the most out of the AI world, we should take advantage of modern statistical thinking – the thinking that elevates our understanding on what it takes to get to objective data-insights, or what it takes to walk the path of truth in scientific research.
Statistics is like a universe – it is vast.
If you are curious about the most important paths in the universe of statistics and what it takes to get to objective scientific outcomes, finally it is here, one-of-its-kind, online curriculum. It is a curriculum that enables you to learn about what it takes to analyse data in scientifically objective way. It is curriculum that elevates your thinking, giving you a significant advantage over AI that cannot think. Curious? Check our courses here.