StatisticsDoc Consulting

Personalized and expert consulting in statistics and research design

Sample projects:

EDUCATION

 

School Improvement Survey. Author of widely used measures of K-12 learning environments and their effects.

 

Accountability Systems. Worked on team that developed award-winning state-wide school accountability system for Rhode Island.

 

School Reform.  Designed and conducted national evaluation of school reform models across 25 states.

 

Predictors of College Attendance.  Analyzed longitudinal data to identify key competencies and gateway courses that predict enrollment and completion of freshman year in a low-income, inner city population.

 

Adoption of Information Technology and Distance Education.  Reviewed factors affecting the utilization of information technology and distance education models in Career and Technical education.

 

Adoption of Inquiry-Based Science Instruction.  Analyzed factors affecting the implementation of research-based instructional practices in secondary level Science.

 

Impact of INSTEP Science Program. Analyzed data on the effects of INSTEP program on Science knowledge and attitudes.

 

Evaluation of Magnet School Programming.  Utilized Hierarchical Linear Modeling to evaluate impact of magnet school programs on students’ learning.

 

Inner-City High School Achievement.  Evaluated impact of programs designed to promote achievement among inner-city minority high school students.

 

Reading Performance.  Ordinal multiple regression analyses relating performance on

reading assessments in early elementary grades with subsequent reading performance.

 

After School Programming.  Developed assessment instruments and longitudinal tracking system to assess the impact of after school programs on children’s academic performance.

 

Please e-mail me today at statisticsdoc@cox.net to get started on your project or if you have any questions.  

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Stephen Brand, Ph.D.

 

E-Mail: statisticsdoc@cox.net