ProStatServices provides analytical services to the following types of clients:

• deciding on the data needed;
• designing the data collection process;
• analyzing the collected data.

Please refer to the Services page for examples of the specific services we can provide to your organization.

We'll help you to ...

• formulate testable hypotheses
• develop a workable research design and determine the number of cases/observations needed
• get your data into an SPSS or SAS database
• decide on what psychometric analyses are needed to assess the reliability and construct validity of any new instruments you have developed
• figure out the statistical procedures needed to test your hypotheses, and we'll show you how to run the statistical analyses in SPSS or SAS

In most cases universities require the student to perform the statistical analyses on his/her own. However, if your department and university allow you to have the analyses performed by someone else, we can perform the analyses for you.

We can also provide editing and APA format checking services.

Whether it's advice you need in preparing the methodology parts of a research proposal, or help in actually getting the data ready to analyze and conducting the analyses, my extensive experience in all of these activities can save you a lot of frustration and help ensure that you meet your deadlines.

Many legal cases hinge on which side can best support its arguments with data. I am experienced in examining data from every angle that could potentially support the arguments of a client, defending my analyses from attack by the opposing side's experts, and finding any weaknesses that may exist in the analytical results offered by the opposing side's experts. I am particularly experienced in enacting this role in the context of litigation over employment discrimination issues, but I can extend these same capabilities to virtually any other case in which data is available to be analyzed in support of a client's position.

Scheduling Your Work

I usually can give you a pretty good estimate of when I can get your work done. In emergencies I can sometimes shuffle other work around to meet your needs, but I can't guarantee that this will be possible. Alternatively, I have a network of associates who are proficient statisticians and who can potentially contribute their efforts in urgent situations.

Integrity: My Most Valuable Possession

I will never knowingly perform an analysis incorrectly or give you advice I'm not sure of. If I make an error, I'll fix it at my cost.

If I don't know how to perform some analysis, I'll tell you so right away. In such a case I'll either find out how to do it, call in another expert, or tell you that you should find someone else.

I'll do everything within my power to meet any firm deadline we have mutually agreed to. If I miss a deadline without a provable legitimate excuse, you pay me nothing. The only legitimate excuses for missing a deadline are sickness, uncontrollable acts of nature (e.g., equipment failure, power outages), and changes in your requirements. Even in these cases I will enlist my associates to get your work done if at all possible. If I can foresee that I'm not going to able to meet a deadline, I'll let you know as soon as possible in advance.

I will only charge you for the time I actually spend working on your project, measured in 15-minute increments. I will only charge you for expenses if they are incurred as a direct and exclusive result of working on your project.

I will protect the privacy and confidentiality of any data you entrust to me, and of the results of my analyses of your data, to my utmost ability. I will destroy all copies of your data in my possession upon notification from you that I should do so.

Finally, remember this: Your satisfaction with my consulting services is my #1 priority!

Contact Me for an Estimate

For your convenience, you may use the "Submit an Inquiry" link on the sidebar (or below) to let me know how I might be of assistance to you. Alternatively, you may try to contact me directly using either of the following routes:

I am located near Charleston, SC and am usually available from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Eastern Time, 7 days a week.

Overview

Who am I? Jeffrey S. Kane, M.A. (Industrial Relations, U. of Minn.), Ph.D. (Organizational Psychology, U. of Mich.)

Qualifications: 3 years of full-time graduate studies in statistics, research design, and psychometrics;21 years as university professor including 5 years teaching graduate statistics and research design; chair/member of 25 dissertation committees; 6 years as a gov't. research director; 32 years experience as a researcher and consultant.

Skills: Research design; all types of statistical analysis; reliability and validity analysis; test development (classical & IRT); assessment of compliance with EEO laws and regulations; scaling; program evaluation; perform- ance assessment; Markov analysis; survey research; sampling; utility analysis; technical writing; editing; teaching methodology to others.

My Promise to You:  I will use all the statistical methods I apply to your data in an appropriate manner; the results I report to you will be accurate; I will meet any deadlines we agree upon (barring sickness, unforeseeable exigen- cies, and changes in your requirements); I will only charge you for the time I actually spend working on your project plus any expenses I incur as a direct result of such work.