Research and analytics consultancy
Forschungswerk Analytics offers data science, analytics, and scientific research support. We help organizations make decisions from their data, and we help researchers with study design, statistical analysis, and preparing work for publication.
Illustrative: fitting a trend line to noisy data.
Services
We work across three main areas. In each one, the aim is analysis that is clear and holds up when someone checks it.
We help organizations use their data to make decisions. That can be a single piece of analysis or building up an analytics function over time.
We support research projects from design through to analysis, working with research teams, labs, and independent researchers.
We review academic work before you submit it, covering the methods, the statistics, and how the results are presented.
Clients
We work with two kinds of clients. The methods are similar; what changes is where the answer has to hold up.
Companies, public bodies, and non-profits that need answers from their data but don't have an in-house data science team.
We can take on a specific project, or work as an ongoing analytics resource. When a project ends, we hand over the code and documentation so your team can keep using it.
Academics, graduate students, clinicians, and independent researchers who need help with methods, statistics, or getting a manuscript ready.
We document our contribution honestly, whether that means an acknowledgement or co-authorship. We do not write claims we cannot stand behind.
How we work
Most projects follow the same four stages. You can review the result of each stage before we move on to the next.
We start by getting clear on what you need to know and what a good answer would look like.
We look at what data you have, where the gaps are, and what it can reasonably tell us.
We choose appropriate methods, run the analysis, and check the results carefully.
We explain what we found in plain language and hand over the work behind it so it can be checked or repeated.
About
Forschung: research. Werk: works, or workshop.
It means something close to "research works", a place where research is done, in the way a Kraftwerk is a power plant. We chose it because we think of analysis as careful work that is built step by step and can be checked by others.
If the data cannot answer a question, we tell you rather than stretching it further than it will go.
Every result comes with the code and notes behind it, so it can be reproduced by someone else.
Our reports are meant to be understood by people who are not statisticians, not just by those who are.
As an outside firm, we can give you an honest view, including when it is not the answer you were hoping for.
Founder and Principal · Data Scientist and Economist
Dr Oluwatosin Aderanti is a data scientist and economist. She holds a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, where her doctoral research examined rural transformation in South Asia. She trained as a data scientist at Constructor Academy in Munich, working in natural language processing, machine learning, and deep learning.
Before founding Forschungswerk Analytics, her career spanned real estate investment and teaching, and she served as a Special Adviser on the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. She has conducted research across South Asia and Africa, and has published in peer-reviewed journals.
Education
FAQ
Short, direct answers to what people usually ask before getting in touch.
Forschungswerk Analytics is a research and analytics consultancy. We provide data science and analytics for organizations, and study design, statistical analysis, and academic review for individual researchers.
We work with two groups: organizations that need answers from their data but have no in-house data science team, and researchers such as academics, graduate students, clinicians, and independent investigators who need help with methods, statistics, or publication.
Yes. We review academic work before submission, covering study design, statistical analysis, and how results are presented, and we can help you respond to reviewer comments.
It depends on how involved we are. We document our contribution honestly, from an acknowledgement for advisory work to co-authorship where we contribute substantially. We do not write claims we cannot stand behind.
Yes. We help with study and sampling design, power analysis, and pre-registration, so the analysis is sound before any data is collected.
We are based in the United States and work with organizations and researchers remotely.
Email hello@forschungswerk-analytics.com with what you are trying to decide or defend, what data you have, and your timeline. We usually reply within two business days with whether we can help and how we would approach it.
Contact
Tell us what you are working on, what data you have, and your timeline. We will let you know whether we can help and how we would approach it.