Use cases

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A sample of the problems we have supported clients through. Client and institutional details are withheld for confidentiality, and each entry reflects the service provided, not authorship of the final submitted work.

UC/01 · Data and Analytics

Currency volatility study

A researcher working with two decades of exchange-rate data needed a defensible way to model volatility, and to explain the choices made along the way.

What the client needed

Advice on approach and model selection for long-run exchange-rate data
Guidance on testing and comparing candidate models
A review of diagnostics and support with interpretation

Outcome

The client was equipped to justify and defend their chosen approach with sound supporting evidence.

UC/02 · Research Consulting

Tax revenue and economic impact

A public finance study set out to link fiscal and macroeconomic variables, and needed the framing and method choices to stand up to review.

What the client needed

Support framing a model that links fiscal and macroeconomic variables
Advice on method choices and the interpretation of results
A review of the study's checks and limitations

Outcome

The client produced a sound analysis with clearly explained short- and long-run effects.

UC/03 · Research Consulting

National survey on a socio-political topic

A governance study needed a structured questionnaire and a sound sampling approach before fieldwork began.

What the client needed

A structured questionnaire covering demographic and attitudinal items
Advice on sample size and the coding of responses
Support testing the client's hypotheses

Outcome

The client's survey produced well-documented findings supporting their research questions.

UC/04 · Data and Analytics

Employee retention study

A study across several organisations set out to understand what drives employees to stay, and needed to report its findings clearly.

What the client needed

Advice on survey design and sampling across multiple organisations
Guidance on analysing the factors affecting retention
A review of how the results were reported

Outcome

The client identified and clearly reported the key drivers of employee retention.

UC/05 · Research Consulting

Workplace stress, a mixed-methods study

A public health study combined a quantitative survey with qualitative interviews, and needed the two strands to fit together.

What the client needed

Advice on combining a survey with qualitative interviews
Support analysing the predictors of work-related stress
Help organising qualitative themes alongside survey findings

Outcome

The client produced an integrated results chapter with consistent, cross-validated findings.

UC/06 · Research Consulting

Gender and access to business finance

A development economics study set out to capture the barriers to accessing finance, and needed an instrument and analysis that matched its theory.

What the client needed

A structured questionnaire on barriers to accessing finance
Advice on analysis and the visual presentation of key findings
A review of alignment with the client's theoretical framework

Outcome

The client's instrument and findings clearly captured the barriers the study set out to examine.

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