Direct Effects advises on how to use tools to select, display,
summarize and analyze data. We work as your partner to bring
forth an implementation. Success is measured in goals achieved,
not the page count in program files or presentations. Do
you want to improve current processes or explore new approaches?
We can evaluate the situation, plan and then implement an
approach. These techniques can enhance the existing methods
and offer new opportunities for future actions.
Our major areas of service are:
- Software Review and Recommendation
- Study Design
- Inference
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Graphics
Software Review and Recommendation
Everybody
is doing something. There
is a lot of cutting and pasting. Engineers and statisticians
use specialized commercial software that generate reports
and graphs. They look good but the knowledge is tied to
a few critical people. And management now has spinning,
jumping graphs they call ‘business intelligence.’
We can evaluate current applications, open black-boxes and
find the strengths and weaknesses in your current data methods.
Study Design
What questions do you want to answer? What resources do
you have to find out? Do you have a new instrument that
you want to evaluate? Do you want to audit a process? We
can help you with a broad range of study designs.
Exploratory Data Analysis
Exploratory data analysis is a way to make sense of data,
whether or not it comes from planned studies. It combines
summary and display to help draw conclusions. Are there
outliers? How does data group together? Are there trends?
It bridges the gap between rote reporting and planned inference.
Inference
These are the mathematical approaches to estimation,
hypothesis testing and modeling that are the core of applied
statistics. Direct Effects offers many methodologies, all
within the context of your problem.
Graphics
Graphs should tell the story of the data. Some common
graphs look pretty but hide more than they tell. Also graphs
can work together in multiple displays. Interactive graphics
let teams work together on different scenarios. For examples,
see here.
