Statistics Help

If you are a student/ academician / clinician and you are working on

your Dissertation Proposal / Paper Publishing / Research Work / Project
or Results section, I am experienced to help you with the statistical portions of
your study and I am primed to work to your schedule. I have a Masters degree in
statistics and I have been working full-time as a certified Statistical
Consultant since 2012.

I am usually available 7 days/week between the hours of 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM

GST to take your calls or answer your emails. I greet you to browse this web site
for more information about me and the services I offer.

Sincerely,
Jayshree Tolani
+91 7600170590
Steve@StatisticallySignificantConsulting.com

When to Hire a Statistical Consultant

I would like to call attention to that the earlier you initiate work with a statistician
in the initiation of your proposal, the smoother things will go for you. Once you
have a topic and you have done some groundwork literature review, it is a perfect
time to initiate work with a statistician. A large number of students contact me only
after several redrafts of the problem statement, research questions, data analysis
plan etc. They could have saved a lot of time, money and frustration by contacting
a statistician sooner.

In addition, many doctors/students come to me only after they have a fully

approved proposal. Time and again, a proposal is accepted despite the fact that the
statistics are not clearly mentioned and occasionally, their statistics are just plain
wrong. This can occur if you don’t have an important person with a higher degree
in statistics on your committee. When that occurs, I am sometimes, unable to do
the analysis for the reason that it would be a large amount of work to fix the
problems that the assignment becomes too expensive to the student.

About Statisticians and Statistical Consulting

A true statistician has a formal academic degree in statistics. Many universities
offer degrees in statistics, from Bachelor’s, Master’s to Doctorate. Many doctoral
level statisticians either work as professors or work in the pharmaceutical industry.
I have a Master’s degree in Statistics and I have been employed full-time as a
professional statistician since 2012. I am in academic medical research from 2.5
years before starting my own statistical consulting business. Now, my fulltime job
is providing statistical consulting services to students/ academicians / clinicians /
researchers.

I have worked with a lot of doctoral students / academicians / clinicians /

researchers.

Statistical experts should be proficient at explaining statistics in a way that the

client can understand. I guarantee that after you have finished working with me
you will thoroughly understand the statistical analytics we collaborated on.

Quantitative research help

The typical quantitative dissertation usually involves major use of statistics. All of
my clients are involved with either a mixed-methods or purely quantitative
dissertation. Many of my clients come to me after they have already completed
their introduction chapter and literature review chapter. Some have started their
methods chapter and then became stuck on the statistical aspects (e.g. research
questions, hypotheses, survey instrument, sampling strategy, statistical methods,
sample size). Some of my clients first come to me after their methods chapter has
already been completed and approved by their committee and they have completed
their data collection. Sometimes these clients have problems with the statistical
considerations of their methods chapter, even though their methods chapter has
been accepted by their committee. I then advise these clients of the problems and
make suggestions for fixing the problems. Once the statistical considerations of the
methods chapter are properly written, approved by the committee, and the data
collection has been completed, then the statistical consultation enters into the data
analysis phase.

Challenges facing Students and how a Statistical consultant can help

Many of my clients have a fulltime job and a family while they are trying to
complete their dissertation. So they have a lot of time pressure and stress in their
life. They are often trying to meet a deadline to submit their Dissertation Proposal
or Results chapter so time is usually of the essence to them. Additionally, cost is a
big issue with them because they don’t make a lot of money, they have a family to
support, and they have spent a fortune on their education and have a huge school
loan to repay. They often feel totally lost when it comes to statistics. They usually
have had a course in statistics several years ago and have since forgotten most of it.
They are afraid that the statistical aspects of their dissertation are going to cause
them to fail, they don’t know how they can ever get it right, let alone defend tough
questions from their committee about the statistics.

There is sort of an adversarial relationship between the student and their

committee. The committee wants the student to learn, so they won’t just give the
student an easy answer to their question, they want the student to study and figure
things out. The student often has trouble getting a straight answer from their
committee in general, and specifically when it comes to questions about statistics.
The committee is usually slow to respond to the student’s emails and phone calls,
which is very frustrating to the student.

Most of my clients did not even realize statistical consultants existed. Their
committee members are often slow to suggest hiring a statistical consultant and my
client often just stumbles upon my web site while trying to find helpful information
about statistics on the Internet. Once a doctoral student discovers that there are
statistical consultants out there, their concerns often become:

1) What is the statistician’s availability?

2) How much does it cost?

3) Can I trust the person or could it be an Internet scam?

4) How does statistical consulting work?

5) How long is it going to take?

6) Is the person qualified?

7) Is it ethical for a doctoral student to use a statistical consultant?

Dissertation Proposal Statistics Consultation

When a doctoral student is working on their dissertation proposal, a qualified
statistical consultant can advise and tutor the doctoral student with regards to
matters such as their problem statement, purpose of the study, research questions,
hypotheses, data analysis plan, sample size justification and more. This helps the
doctoral student refine their dissertation while enriching their understanding of
statistics at the same time. Although statistics consulting is sometimes offered
within the doctoral student’s university, statisticians in academia are often too busy
to spend sufficient time to fully meet the doctoral student’s needs.

That's when consulting with a qualified statistician outside the university can be
helpful. The statistical consulting that I provide is very much a learning
opportunity for the doctoral student. I collaborate with my clients and explain
statistics during the process. As I gather information about your topic,
questionnaires/instruments and research questions, I advise you on pros and cons
of various approaches to your research questions, independent and dependent
variables, and other statistical considerations. Once we are in agreement on these
statistical considerations, then I write a written report detailing all of the statistical
considerations that we collaborated on for your Dissertation Proposal.

This includes discussion of your research questions, hypotheses, quantitative

descriptions of your independent and dependent variables, data analysis plan and
power analysis to justify your sample size. Once I deliver this report to you, you
will receive unlimited email and phone support to ensure that you fully understand
the information. Then, after you have integrated the information into your
proposal, I will review your proposal to insure the integrity of the statistical
information. Then, once you have submitted your proposal to your committee, if
your committee members should have any questions or comments about the
statistics, you will have access to me for advice/tutoring on why they might have
asked those questions and I'll advise you how best to respond.

Choosing the right statistic

One of the purposes of the dissertation proposal is to make it clear to the
committee that your research questions can actually be answered using statistics. In
other words, it is necessary to specify which statistic will be used to answer the
research question. The choice of which statistic to use depends upon how the
question is stated and how the independent and dependent variables are measured.
When you hire me to help you with the statistical aspects of your dissertation
proposal, I will tutor you on the statistical concepts that will insure that your
research questions and independent and dependent variables will lend themselves
well to statistical analysis so that the proper statistic can be selected.

Results Chapter Statistics Consult

Once the doctoral student's dissertation proposal has been fully approved by their
committee and the IRB, the next steps are data collection and analysis. I
recommend you consult with your statistician about how best to enter/format the
data. The data need to be formatted (entered into the computer) in a certain way in
order to lend themselves well to statistical analysis. Once the data have been
properly entered into the computer, the researcher usually delivers the data to me
via email attachment. I then import the data into the statistical analysis software (I
use the professional version of the SPSS software) in order to perform the
statistical data analysis.

The statistical data analysis service I offer for your results chapter includes
analyzing the data with SPSS, putting the resulting tables and graphs into a word
document and providing a written narrative report that demonstrates how to
interpret and report the results. Although I don't provide point-and-click tutorials
on how to use SPSS, many of my clients use my written results as a sort of
"grading tool", and they perform the analysis themselves and compare their results
against mine to gain confidence in their understanding of the data analysis. With
my service you also get unlimited email and phone support after I have delivered
the results to insure that you fully understand the results. Additionally, if your
committee members should have any questions about your statistics, I include a
money-back guarantee that I will be able to advise/tutor you on their questions and
advise/tutor you on how to respond to them until the data analysis results are
accepted.

SPSS Help
When you hire me to perform the statistical analysis of your data, I will
advise/tutor you on how best to enter your data. I will then perform all of the
appropriate data analyses using the professional version of the SPSS software.
Getting my help with SPSS can help you better understand how to interpret and
report your results, so you will be learning more and it is likely you will save time
and frustration.
What you will get from Statistically Significant Consulting
You will get the statistics help/tutoring you need to successfully complete your
dissertation.

I have helped many of doctoral students in developing their research questions,

hypotheses, survey design, data analysis plan, power analysis and sample size
justification, and performing the statistical analysis of their data.

You will receive a clearly written report that demonstrates how to interpret and
report the results as well as unlimited email and phone support to answer any
questions you might have, to insure that you completely understand the statistics.

I have a Master’s of Philosophy degree in statistics and I have been employed full-
time as a professional statistician since 2014.

You will receive a 100% money back guarantee (except of course in the event of
my incapacitation or death) that you will receive the proper statistics, you will
completely understand the statistical methods and results I provide and your
committee will approve the statistics.

I pride myself on providing outstanding customer support, quick turn-around time

and affordable pricing. I am generally available 7 days/week between 9:00 AM and
9:00 PM Central Time to take your calls and answer your emails.

The entire consultation process takes place via phone and email. The first step is
for you to send me an email (or call) to tell me if you are working on your proposal
or results chapter. I will ask you a few brief questions about your study and then I
will provide you with a quote and turn-around time. The quote will fully detail the
extent of services I will provide, what it will cost, and how long it will take me to
finish.

I look forward to hearing from you.