Professional Solutions
Prior Analytics is based on a simple idea—linking small businesses, non-profits, and other smaller organizations with expert research and analysis skills.
Most small businesses and organizations are busy. They might lack the resources for a full-time research or data science team. And why pay the enormous fees of hiring a large consulting firm?
My goal is to tailor solutions to your business’ needs without a lot of unnecessary costs. By combining two decades of experience in research and analysis with new tools like AI, I can help you leverage data and analytics to better understand what’s possible for your organization.
If you’re located in the greater Midwest or central US, including Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, or Colorado, contact me today!
Who Is This For?
Prior Analytics is focused on helping small businesses, non-profits, and government offices who are looking for help with small and medium-sized projects. If you need help collecting, analyzing, or presenting data, compiling reports, conducting surveys, etc., I can help. I primarily focus on clients located in the greater Midwest region, including Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, or Colorado. But even if you’re outside this region I’m happy to help!
Expert Data Analysis Skills
As a university researcher I’ve spent nearly two decades working on research and analysis projects of various sizes. My goal is to help small businesses, non-profits, and government organizations who need help with data and statistical analysis challenges but don’t want to hire a large consulting firm.
Short and Medium-Term Projects
Do you need help with statistical analyses for short-term projects, but don’t have the in-house capabilities? Full-time data scientists and consultants might be reluctant to take on smaller jobs. I can help you by providing the flexibility and the skills to help with the small projects that still matter to you and your team.
Lower Cost Solutions
Smaller projects are still important projects. As a full-time faculty researcher my goal is to help smaller businesses and non-profits by providing expertise and skills at a lower cost than than you’d pay if you had to hire a larger consulting firm. By keeping my overhead extremely low I can pass on the savings to you.
My Services
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What can data analytics do for you? What data do you have? What's out there? Often the best place to start is with a simple conversation to help leaders to understand the resources that are out there, what's available, and how that information can be leveraged to help their business.
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Whether it's collecting existing data sets from government agencies, compiling internal data, or surveying customers or stakeholders, identifying, assembling and organizing accurate and reliable data sources is key.
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Properly analyzing data data requires a working knowledge of a wide range of research methods. Using cutting edge computational and statistical models I can help you generate actionable insights from the most relevant data sources.
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Would you like to know more about what your clients or stakeholders think? What do your customers want to see more of? Crafting the right questions is key to better understand your partners and customers. With extensive experience in administering and analyzing survey data I can help you cut through the noise to better understand the people who matter most.
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Do you have season patterns in your business? Fluctuations in income, fundraising, or employment needs? Nobody can see the future, but we can often use the past to give us a pretty good idea of what to expect. Using predictive modeling techniques we can use data to help make your future a little less uncertain.
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Analyzing data is uselsess if we can't effectively communicate the most important insights. With my background in the social sciences and experience writing for public-facing outlets, I place a special emphasis on making sure that we identify the most important takeaway points, and communicate them in a clear and concise way.
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Sometimes the most effective way to understand data is to look at it. I love working with different visual techniques to help you communicate the most important stories contained in your data and to make information as accessible as possible.
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Sometimes you need to compile the results of your analysis to present to stakeholders or clients. With two decades of experience communicating technical material to non-technical audiences, I can help you to ensure that your presentations are clear and accurate, communicating the most important points to the people who matter.
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Do you want to train staff members to develop their skills? Not sure where to start? I can provide your organization with workshops to help build up your in-house skill base so you and your staff can be more effective.
Josie Gatti Schafer, Director, Center for Public Affairs Research, University of Nebraska Omaha
“I needed help with some data analysis that I had to present to some of my stakeholders. Mike was very easy to work with, and he did a great job communicating to understand what I needed. He gave me a lot of options and provided additional materials to help me present the results in a clear and concise way to my audience. His expertise added a great deal of value to the project.”
Ryan Klataske, PhD, Founder and Principal of Applied Ethnographic Services
“When I needed a clear interpretation of data and consultation on statistics, I turned to Mike. He helped me integrate quantitative and qualitative data from an interdisciplinary project to more confidently communicate our findings, along with advising on ways to link ethnographic data with complex systems models. I trust and value Mike, and highly recommend him to other researchers and teams.”