I am looking for ways to find expert help (in particular in two
specific subjects 1)Java, 2)Statistics ). I am looking for a tutor in
these subjects who would be avaiable for a reasonable fee to tutor me
online. I have the online apparatus to facitate this but I don't know
how to go about finding a good person (persons, one for each subject).

Hi! Thanks for the question.

I have found the following online tutorial sites that can be of help to you.

Tutor.com could be your best bet. It has tutors per subject and
provides good profiling of its tutors.

Tutor.com: Statistics
http://www.tutor.com/search/search_result.asp?SubjectID=4434 

Tutor.com: Java
http://www.tutor.com/search/search_result.asp?SubjectID=4396 


Other sites having online tutors are listed below.

Brainmass:   
http://www.brainmass.com/ota_profiles.php

Any Subject
http://www.anysubject.com/subjects_aus.asp

Netskool
http://www.netskool.com/index.html 


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