Research Decision Audit

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One consequential research decision. Independently assessed.

You do not need another list of possibilities.

You need to know which move is defensible.

Maybe your supervisor is asking for a change you think weakens the research. Two methodological options both seem reasonable. A reviewer wants something that conflicts with the logic of your study. Or you cannot tell whether the problem is your manuscript, your journal choice, or what you should do next.

Send me one specific research decision you are stuck on.

I will assess the evidence, constraints and standards that actually apply to your situation and return a clear written judgment within 48 hours to the email you used at checkout.

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What kinds of decisions fit?

Methodology and research design

Does this analysis answer my research question?

Is the revised design still defensible?

Which methodological option best supports my claim?

Supervisor-related research decisions

Should I push back on this methodological change?

Which of two conflicting recommendations is stronger?

Is this requested change actually necessary?

Publication and journal strategy

Revise for this journal or submit elsewhere?

Is the reviewer identifying a real weakness?

Is the problem positioning or the research itself?

What this audit is not

This is not a full thesis or manuscript review, proofreading, rewriting, statistical analysis performed for you, general PhD coaching, or an open-ended consultation.

It is also not formal legal, HR, institutional, research-integrity or authorship-dispute adjudication.

The audit covers one bounded research decision.

If the evidence shows that your problem is actually a connected system of decisions rather than one isolated choice, I will tell you that rather than force a false one-decision answer.

How it works

1. Send the decision

Tell me the exact decision you need to make, why it is currently in question, and the context I need to understand it. The more precise the decision, the more useful the audit.

2. I assess what actually matters

I review the decision against the relevant evidence, methodological or publication standards, research context and constraints. The aim is not to generate more options.

It is to determine which considerations should actually control this decision and which should not.

3. Receive your written audit

Your audit is delivered within 48 hours to the email address used at checkout. No scheduling. No call. No ongoing coaching commitment.

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What you receive

The Verdict

My direct assessment of the decision in front of you, the reasoning behind it, and any conditions that materially affect the answer.

Not every research decision has a clean yes or no. If the evidence does not justify certainty, I will say so.

The Real Risk

What you are actually at risk of getting wrong if you choose badly, including the strongest objection your reasoning may need to survive.

Just as importantly: what probably matters less than you currently think.

The Move

The specific next action I would take from your position.

Not another menu of possibilities.

If a responsible decision cannot yet be made, I will identify what is missing and what would change the answer.

Why an audit rather than another search?

Guidelines can tell you what is normally recommended.

AI can generate alternatives.

Forums can tell you what other researchers did.

The difficult part is deciding which considerations should control this particular decision when reasonable options conflict.

That is the part this audit is designed for.

I have spent 15 years helping Master’s students, PhD candidates and researchers work through methodological and research decisions across quantitative, qualitative and review-based research.

The aim is not to make the decision for you.

It is to give you the independent judgment needed to make it with much less uncertainty.