A second set of expert eyes before the stakes get high
An independent review of a study’s questionnaire, sampling, analysis, and claims — before you rely on it, publish it, or face someone who will attack it. This is where academic training earns its keep.
Who it is for: Executives about to act on research, counsel evaluating survey evidence, and teams whose findings will face board, regulator, or opposing-expert scrutiny.
Decisions this research supports
- Whether a study’s conclusions actually follow from its design and data
- Whether a vendor’s methodology can withstand hostile review
- Which claims a dataset can substantiate — and which overreach
- How to fix a flawed study before it becomes an expensive commitment
Capabilities
- Questionnaire review for bias, leading language, and coverage
- Sampling and universe-definition review
- Analysis-plan and statistical review
- Claim substantiation assessment
- Bias and validity assessment
- Critique of existing or opposing studies
- Limitations memoranda
- Defensibility review before publication or filing
Typical methods
- Structured review protocols covering design, fielding, and analysis
- Replication checks of reported statistics where data are available
- Assessment against recognized survey-quality frameworks
- Written findings with severity-ranked issues and concrete fixes
What you receive
- Written review memorandum with issue severity and recommended remedies
- Claim-by-claim substantiation assessment
- Revision recommendations that preserve usable findings
- Rebuttal or critique support where a study is contested
Related work
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Common questions
When is a methodology review worth commissioning?
Whenever the cost of being wrong exceeds the cost of the review: before a major investment based on research, before publishing findings externally, or when survey evidence will face an opposing expert.
Will the review just tell us everything is wrong?
No. A useful review separates fatal flaws from cosmetic ones, tells you what the study still supports, and proposes the smallest set of changes that makes the evidence sound.
Can you review a study conducted by another firm?
Yes — independent critique of third-party research is a core use of this service, delivered in writing at a standard suitable for sharing with the original vendor, leadership, or counsel.