My experience is that, in the end, it all depends on the size of the “pot” of 
money they have to spend. If they don’t have what you ask for, even if the ask 
if eminently reasonable, then the work will go to someone who will do it for 
less. (I run into this problem all the time getting more computer-savvy people 
to work for my lab. My grant is what my grant is. If they come work for me, it 
is more because they like the work than for the money. They could earn much 
more with those same skills elsewhere.) 

For specialized, technical work like SPSS (does “help” mean “advising” or does 
help mean “doing the analysis for us”?), I would think double whatever your 
minimum wage is, at least. Again, you will know better than I whether that 
seems like a paltry or an exorbitant amount on your campus. 

Chris
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Department of Psychology
York University
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Canada
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On Feb 19, 2016, at 12:25 PM, Larry Daily <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Hello, all!
> 
> One of my former students has been approached by another unit on campus for 
> help working with SPSS. Rather than offer her an amount for the work, they 
> asked what she thinks she ought to be paid. She came to me to ask what a 
> reasonable amount would be. It has been a long time since I got paid for 
> doing SPSS consulting (and I was doing it for fellow grad students, so I just 
> went for beer money), so I’m not sure what to tell her. Any thoughts or 
> recommendations?
> 
> Thanks, everyone.
> 
> Larry
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