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We provide research support, the same category as a statistician, a transcription service or a methods consultant — all of which most institutions permit and many fund. What we don't do is write work you can't explain or submit anything on your behalf. Everything is documented so you can describe the method yourself, and we recommend you tell your supervisor you're using analytical support. If your institution's policy forbids something you've asked for, we'll tell you.

The data type (audio, transcripts, survey file), the volume — audio hours, number of transcripts, or number of cases and variables — your method if it's already decided, and your deadline. A sample file helps but isn't required. That's enough for a fixed written quote.

Every project is quoted individually because the work varies enormously — transcription is priced per audio hour, coding per transcript, and analysis or write-up per project. You get one fixed price in writing before anything starts, and it doesn't move unless the scope does.

It depends on volume and method. Transcription is usually the quickest; a full coding and thematic analysis on a 20-interview dataset takes longer. Tell us your deadline in the first email and we'll say plainly whether it's achievable rather than agreeing and slipping.

You get the project file — NVivo, ATLAS.ti, MAXQDA — along with the codebook, memos and coded extracts. For quantitative work you get the annotated syntax or do-file with the output. You should be able to reproduce and extend everything we did.

We'll sign your NDA, or ours, before you send anything. Files move over encrypted transfer, access is limited to the analysts assigned to your project, and we delete everything on completion if you ask. If your data carries ethics-committee conditions, send them over and we'll work inside them.

You approve the codebook or the analysis plan at roughly the 20% mark, before we run the whole dataset — which is when a change of direction costs almost nothing. Revisions after delivery are included within the agreed scope.