There’s a certain thrill to launching a survey and watching the number of responses grow — an anticipation for the discoveries data analysis will bring. I can help you find the answers to your research questions.

Finding the answers requires first asking the right questions. There may be no stupid questions but there are a lot of poorly worded ones. I use expert review and cognitive pretesting to achieve high reliability and validity of results, so there’s no question of what responses mean.

Rare groups comprise less than 10% of a total population (Kalton & Anderson 1986) but groups don’t have to be rare to provide special challenges to tight time/ resource budgets. My experience ranges from policymakers to children to refugees, and everyone in between.

Interviewer training isn’t simply about the peculiarities of a software or questionnaire, it’s about preparing interviewers for the stories behind the data. From distress protocols to disposition codes, my experience with general and special population surveys will prepare your team for success.

Need to measure something but aren’t sure what or how? I can help conceptualise and operationalise indicators and metrics for both cross-sectional and longitudinal data collection.

In-depth interviews (IDIs) provide a wealth of information, either as a stand-alone data source or as part of a mixed methods study. I am practiced at both in-person and remote IDIs, to flexibly meet all project needs.

Humanitarian crises require rapid and flexible responses, complicating efforts to conduct rigorous, high quality assessments. I apply innovative, mixed methods approaches to identify effects — intended and otherwise — and measure outcomes.