Designing studies that hold up
Research Design
From research questions to instrument design, we build studies whose findings will survive peer review and political scrutiny.
We design studies that survive scrutiny — methodological, peer, and political.
The biggest cost of weak research design is not the wasted budget. It is the wrong conclusion confidently reached.
How it works
- Step 1
Question
We spend more time on the question than most firms spend on the answer. Ambiguous questions produce ambiguous findings.
- Step 2
Design
Quasi-experimental, mixed-methods, longitudinal — the design serves the question, not the reverse.
- Step 3
Instrument
Validated scales where they exist; new instruments cognitively pre-tested where they do not.
- Step 4
Pre-register
Hypotheses and analysis plan registered before data collection begins. No HARKing.
What you get
- ●Research protocol with stated hypotheses
- ●Power calculations and sample design
- ●Validated instruments (surveys, interview guides)
- ●Pre-analysis plan