Statistical Project Services

Your statistics project done to the highest standards of quality, ethics, and service, while you focus on your research.

At The Analysis Factor, we are on a mission to improve researchers' statistical capacity. But there are times when turning your statistics over to a professional makes sense.

Do you

• have part of a project that has to be done in an unfamiliar software package or with a specific, highly difficult statistical technique that would require months of training to complete yourself
  
  
• want the added authority of a statistician listed on a grant proposal?
  
  
• want and need a professional statistician on your team, but don’t have the space, funding, or time to hire a staff member
  
  
• never need to do statistics again, and therefore don’t need to learn them (generally graduate students in clinical fields)

I am very selective in my project work. I only work on a handful of projects at a time to ensure excellence in my work and service.

I take on projects only if they are a good fit for my statistical expertise and if I believe we can work well together. When you hire me to work on a project, I become part of your team. We can both only do excellent work if we fit well together.

I offer a free 30 minute consultation in which we you can describe your needs, your goals, your research question and data, and I can tell you your options for best meeting those needs. Call 607-539-3216 or email me to set up your free consultation.

Project Types

The Analysis Factor can help you with any of the following projects. 

• Sample size calculations
• Writing statistical sections for grant proposals
• Survey, Experimental, or Questionnaire Design
• Statistical analysis
• SAS and SPSS Programming
• Preparation and revision of manuscripts

I am willing to do both large and small jobs. Need a single program written? No problem? Need ongoing help for a multiyear study? No problem.

Why hire me?

There are a lot of statistical consultants out there. How am I different?

First, I have always worked in academia. I know the challenges, issues, and situations academic researchers face. I have helped graduate students contend with committee members and researchers with reviewers. I know the kind of information that granting agencies want in proposals. I have submitted my own applications to human subjects committees. And because I have worked with researchers in a wide array of fields, I am aware of the different statistical conventions in different fields.

Second, I have worked with researchers with huge variation in their statistical training, experience, and understanding. One of my core strengths is in meeting clients at their level of understanding. Even if I run the analysis or write the program, it is important that you understand what I did and why. No matter what your statistical background is, I will make sure you understand.

Third, I have a strong committment to excellence in my work. I have strong convictions about ethics and privacy, both in research and in statistical analysis.

Finally, I will only work with clients with whom I can work well. While I know a lot about many areas of statistics, no statistician knows them all. Likewise, I view my project clients as partners in the success of the project. This requires that our goals, philosophy, and working style mesh well. I will happily refer you if I believe you will be better served elsewhere. So you can trust that we will be well suited if we both agree to work together.

Statistical Topics

I have experience in a wide variety of statistical methods.  Some of the methods I commonly work with are:

• Linear Regression, including model fitting, stepwise regression, interactions, hierarchical models, and multilevel (Mixed) Linear Models
• ANOVA, including repeated measures, randomized block designs, split plots, multiple comparisons and contrasts, random and fixed factors, factorial and nested designs, and interactions
• Generalized linear models, including binary logistic regression, ordinal and multinomial logistic regression, Poisson and negative binomial regression and Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE)
• Multivariate Statistics, such as MANOVA, Factor Analysis and Principal Components Analysis, discriminant analysis, and cluster analysis
• Descriptive Data Analysis and Graphing
• Nonparametric tests
• Path Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling
• Missing data, including modern techinques of Mulitple Imputation and Full Information Maximum Likelihood
• Complex Survey Analysis, including stratification, cluster sampling, and finite populations
• Sample size calculations
• Scale reliability

Details

Projects are charged on an hourly basis, billed to the nearest ¼ hour.  Some projects can be arranged as a fixed contract price. 

Do you know you need ongoing statistical support for a semester, a year, or longer? We can set up an ongoing retainer arrangement.

Undergraduate and graduate students and non-profit charitable agencies receive a 25% discount on project services.

Please call 607-539-3216 or email me for an estimate and to set up a 30 minute initial consultation.

Services...

	Statistical Projects
	Statistical Consulting
	Consulting Programs
	Quick Question Consultations
	Results Section Reviews
	Sample Size Calculations
	Hourly Consulting
	Retainer Programs
	Consulting vs. Projects