Professional Statistical Consulting: Answers You Can Act On

Most organizations do not have a data problem; they have an interpretation problem. The spreadsheets exist, the survey has been fielded, the dashboard is live, but no one is certain what the numbers mean, whether a difference is real or how far a forecast can be trusted.

AskTheStatsProf brings professor-level statistical rigor to real business and research questions. You get analysis that is methodologically defensible, transparently documented and explained in plain language, so the people making decisions can trust it.

Who We Work With

Businesses that need to understand customers, pricing, sales performance or operations
Nonprofits and NGOs reporting outcomes to funders, boards and partners
Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) teams running baseline, midline and endline studies
Market and UX researchers who need survey results analyzed correctly
Academic researchers preparing journal manuscripts or responding to statistical reviewer comments
Healthcare and public-sector analysts working with program and outcomes data

Core Consulting Services

Survey Research Design and Analysis

A survey is only as good as its design. I help you get both ends right:

Questionnaire design, scale construction and pilot testing
Sampling strategy and sample size calculation for the precision you need
Weighting, cross-tabulation and significance testing across segments
Reliability (Cronbach’s alpha, omega) and factor analysis to validate scales
Driver analysis to identify what actually predicts satisfaction, loyalty or intent
Clear reporting of margins of error and limitations

Business Forecasting

Plan with realistic expectations rather than single-point guesses:

Sales, demand and revenue forecasting with exponential smoothing (ETS), ARIMA and regression-based models
Seasonality and trend decomposition
Forecast accuracy evaluation (MAPE, RMSE) on held-out data
Scenario and sensitivity analysis with prediction intervals, not just point estimates

Data Analysis and Statistical Modeling

Descriptive and exploratory analysis to establish a reliable baseline
Regression analysis: linear, logistic, count and multilevel models
A/B test and experiment analysis, including power and minimum detectable effect
ANOVA and group comparisons across regions, products or cohorts
Customer segmentation using cluster analysis
Structural equation modeling for complex theoretical models

Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)

Indicator definition and results-framework alignment
Baseline/endline comparisons and difference-in-differences designs
Donor-ready tables, charts and narrative summaries

Research and Publication Support

Statistical review of manuscripts before submission
Re-analysis and responses to statistical reviewer comments
Methods sections and results tables that meet journal reporting standards

Our Process

Discovery call (free, 15 minutes): We clarify the business or research question, your data and the decision the analysis must support.
Scope and quote: You receive a written scope with deliverables, timeline and fixed fee. No surprises.
Data review and cleaning: I audit data quality and flag issues before any modeling begins.
Analysis: Appropriate methods, checked assumptions and documented code.
Reporting: An executive summary for decision-makers plus a technical appendix for analysts.
Walk-through: A live session to discuss findings, answer questions and plan next steps.

Why Organizations Choose AskTheStatsProf

Professor-level rigor applied to practical questions
Plain-language reporting that non-statisticians can act on
Reproducible work: you receive the code or syntax, not a black box
Tool-agnostic: R, Python, Stata, SPSS or Excel, matched to your team’s stack
Confidentiality: NDAs available on request; data is stored securely and deleted on request after the project
Honest scoping: if your data cannot answer the question, you will hear that before you pay for analysis

Let’s Talk About Your Data

Whether it is a one-off survey analysis or an ongoing analytics partnership, the first step is a free 15-minute discovery call. Share a short description of your question, your data (type, size, format) and your deadline, and you will receive a scoped proposal and fixed quote, usually within 24 hours.

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