1. Will you do the statistical analysis for my dissertation or thesis for me?
2. Will you help me to do my statistics homework assignment?
3. Will you do my statistics homework assignment for me?
4. Will you help me to do my computer assignment in statistics?
5. Can you guarantee me an A?
6. How quickly can you turn my work around?
7. How many billable hours will you take to do my work?
8. What is your hourly rate?
9. How and when is payment made?
10. What is the next step?
11. What should I send you?

1. Will you do the statistical analysis for my dissertation or thesis for me?

Yes. We offer the following services (all optional) to Ph.D. or M.A. students:

• Help you to design your research to maximize the chance that you will obtain meaningful results.
• Perform statistical analyses of your research data and send you the results, including textual computer output and high-quality graphics. (The graphics can be "pasted" into your dissertation.)
• Write explanations of the statistical analyses we have performed.
• Write discussions of the statistical aspects of your research for possible direct insertion into your dissertation.
• Read a draft of your dissertation or proposal for logical rigor, completeness, and clarity of presentation. (We are very interested in clear writing.)

2. Will you help me to do my statistics homework assignment?

Yes. We will be pleased to give you hints to help you do your assignment and we will be pleased to check your work and explain where you are right or wrong. (We are sorry, but we are too busy to give free homework help.)

3. Will you do my statistics homework assignment for me?

Sorry, no. We offer a tutoring service, not a homework service. If you need someone to do your assignment, and if you are sure that is the best approach for your career, search Google or another search engine for "statistics help" (without the quotes). You will almost certainly be able to find services that will do your assignment.

4. Will you help me to do my computer assignment in statistics?

Yes. We can help you to understand the statistical ideas in the assignment and we can also usually help with software problems.

5. Can you guarantee me an A?

[Students seeking help with an assignment sometimes ask this question.] The answer is Yes -- we can guarantee you an A if you are prepared to devote the time to do the necessary work and learn the necessary material.

6. How quickly can you turn my work around?

Dissertation Data Analyses. Our work on the data analysis for a dissertation usually consists of two or more analysis phases. In the first phase we import your data into our software and we examine the data to ensure that it is free of errors and anomalies. We send you the computer output from this examination with a brief explanation. If the examination finds errors in the data, we work with you to correct them.

Next we begin the data analysis, with the analysis in more complicated projects broken into phases -- perhaps one phase for each of your research hypotheses. After we complete an analysis phase we send you a document containing the results of the analysis and an explanation of the results. Many students have questions after studying this document, which we answer.

If the analysis has been broken into more than two phases, we repeat the "analysis" and "answer questions" steps for each subsequent phase.

Depending on our workload, we can usually complete each individual phase of work on a dissertation analysis in one or two business days.

Other Dissertation Work. For most other dissertation work we can usually turn the work around in one or two business days. (Longer editorial work may take longer.)

Homework and Computer Assignments. For work on a student homework or computer assignment, we can usually provide suggestions for how you should proceed or comments about your work in one or two business days.

7. How many billable hours will you take to do my work?

When possible, we provide clients with specific time and cost estimates for approval before we begin work. Here are some general estimates:

• An answer to a simple statistical question or a simple t-test or analysis of variance with no explanation of the computer output generally takes under an hour.
• The average amount of time we spend helping with the statistical aspects of a Ph.D. dissertation is around fourteen hours.
• The shortest amount of time we spent on a full data analysis and explanation for a dissertation was four hours.

If you have limited funds, we can reduce your cost by omitting or drastically shortening the explanations that we normally provide. However, if you are not knowledgeable in statistics, we recommend that you take advantage of the explanations because they help you to discuss and defend the statistical aspects of your research.

8. What is your hourly rate?

Our hourly student rate is fully competitive with other services offering statistics help to students. Please contact us to obtain our current rate.

9. How and when is payment made?

We ask students to pay for our services by credit card or by bank transfer. We use a trusted third-party payment processor, PayPal (a subsidiary of eBay), to process student payments. PayPal accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express cards (with the exception of American Express corporate cards). Depending on your country of residence, PayPal may also allow you to transfer funds to us from your bank account.

The first hour's work is billed in advance, which allows verification that you can make PayPal payments.

Generally, after each phase of our work (typically between 3 and 10 billable hours long) we send you the results of the work and an an e-mail message containing an HTML link to PayPal. If you approve of the work, you can click on this link and you will be taken to a secure PayPal web page where you can quickly and easily make payment for the work.

10. What is the next step?

If you are considering using our services, we suggest that you write to us at info@matstat.com or phone us at (North America) 1-416-488-1990 and let us know your needs and any questions you may have. We will answer your questions and provide a proposal for how we can help.

11. What should I send you?

If you would like to send us information to help us to understand your work, consider sending copies of the following material (if available):

• Any hints, suggestions, or recommendations you have been given by your advisor, instructor, or committee members. (These will help us to ensure that your work includes what your teacher would like to see.)
• Your dissertation or thesis proposal.
• Your department's dissertation or thesis guidelines. (These sometimes contain helpful information about how your institution prefers statistical analyses to be performed or reported.)
• The latest draft of your dissertation or thesis.
• Your data. (We can read popular formats.)
• The text of your homework assignment (if you are looking for this type of help).
• Any other documents that might help us to help you. (It is better to send too much -- we will read selectively.)

Send the material to info@matstat.com or to

MatStat Research Consulting Inc
15 Heathcote Ave.
Toronto, ON  M2L 1Y6
Canada

Phone: 1-416-488-1990
Fax: 1-416-488-3746

Thank you for your interest in MatStat.