Quantitative Skills draws on experience in doing contract research and giving general research and statistical support particularly to government agencies working in health and social care. We also support other (consultancy) companies with research and statistical advice. Our company is supported by a broad range of external advisors in various areas of research and statistics. Advice is given in three broad areas:

Research support

• Small one-off advice, from sample size calculation, data collection methods, complex data analysis to writing a report
• Long term research and statistical support from planning projects to reporting the results
• Second opinion in all stages of planning, conducting, analyzing, reporting and implementing research
• Regular methodological and statistical advice on a "subscription" basis
• Literature overviews and reviews

Statistical Support

• Sample size calculations
• Survey research planning, analysis and reporting
• Planning and analysis of controlled experiments
• Analysis of community interventions
• Multivariate analysis using General Linear Models
• Discrete Simulation

Support for Health and Demography Research:

• Health needs assessment
• Health need and health behavior surveys
• Mortality analysis
• Life table analysis
• Demographic population and household projections
• Community (health) project evaluation