Share the study context
Inputs and work
Research question, design, stage, non-confidential data description, existing work, and milestone.
Outcome of this stage
A clear starting decision and the information needed to assess fit.
A documented workflow
How a quantitative research engagement works
The process keeps scope, responsibility, evidence, uncertainty, confidentiality, and handover visible from the first question to the final output.
Choose your starting point
Enter the process where the uncertainty is highest
Before data collection
Design, measures, analysis plan, and power.
→Data ready
Data checks, model sequence, diagnostics, and results.
→Analysis underway
Review code, outputs, documentation, and reporting.
→Need review or validation
Independent audit of alignment, assumptions, and claims.
→Ongoing team support
Scoped statistical capacity with consistent handover.
→Four stages
Inputs become decisions, then deliverables
Confirm fit, boundaries, and scope
Inputs and work
Available evidence, responsibilities, exclusions, secure-data needs, milestones, and review points.
Outcome of this stage
An explicit scope with inputs, decisions, deliverables, and ownership.
Work through documented milestones
Inputs and work
Data structure, code, models, assumptions, diagnostics, sensitivity, interpretation, and drafts as agreed.
Outcome of this stage
Reviewable decisions, visible changes, and limitations that stay in the record.
Receive a reproducible handover
Inputs and work
Final code or syntax, decision notes, outputs, interpretation, limitations, and rerun guidance as scoped.
Outcome of this stage
Materials the researcher or team can explain, review, reproduce, and continue.
Example engagement flow
A connected path, not isolated output
Research questions→Analysis plan→Sample & power→Agreed secure transfer→Data checks→Modeling→Validation→Handover
Shared responsibility
The researcher owns the study; the consultant makes the statistical work reviewable
Researchers remain responsible for ethics, consent, institutional rules, supplied context, authorship, and how recommendations are used.
Consulting responsibility
- Work within the agreed scope and competence
- Explain assumptions and methodological trade-offs
- Flag uncertainty, limitations, and conflicts
- Document material decisions and changes
- Refuse fabrication, unsafe handling, or misrepresentation
Start with a non-confidential summary
You do not need a perfect brief. Describe the decision and current evidence; the scope conversation can identify what is missing.
Discuss your research