RESEARCH METRICS AFRICA

Independent researchers, postgraduate students and individual clients · Worldwide online

Secure research workspace

Keep the research brief, project files and service progress together in a personal workspace.

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THE BUYER PROBLEM

Resolve the decision behind the request.

Email attachments disconnect the current data version from the analysis decision and client response.

HOW THE WORK MOVES

Scope first. Traceable decisions throughout.

  1. Clarify the research question
  2. Agree sensitivity and secure intake
  3. Prepare the project and service scope
  4. Review outputs and unresolved questions

Professional delivery uses the existing canonical project and case workflow. Independent QA and release approval are distinct decisions; unresolved findings remain visible.

What the agreed scope can deliver

01 · DELIVERABLE

A personal workspace using the existing RMA account

Confirm the exact format, accountable reviewer and acceptance criteria in the written scope before work begins.

02 · DELIVERABLE

A project brief linked to the requested professional service

Confirm the exact format, accountable reviewer and acceptance criteria in the written scope before work begins.

03 · DELIVERABLE

Controlled files, messages and delivery status

Confirm the exact format, accountable reviewer and acceptance criteria in the written scope before work begins.

Methods, assumptions and boundaries

Do not submit identifiable participant information in a public enquiry. The permitted transfer, access and retention must be agreed first.

Source values are preserved; changes require documented reasons. Analysis needs a defined outcome, population, design and eligible records. Review may withhold an unsupported test or conclusion.

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Start with context. Transfer data privately.

The public fit check asks for objectives, stage and constraints. Do not paste participant names, health records, passwords or connector tokens. Access, permitted data, retention and export/deletion arrangements are confirmed before private transfer.

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Is this a fit?

For independent researchers, postgraduate students and individual clients who can explain the intended decision, provide authorised evidence and accept transparent limitations.

Outside scope: fabricated data, guaranteed significance, thesis ghostwriting, clinical decision-making or claims of regulatory certification.

Before you start

What does the first enquiry commit me to?

Nothing is charged through the fit-check form. RMA reviews scope and confirms deliverables, exclusions, timing and price in writing.

Will I need a personal or organisation workspace?

Your project uses the existing Personal Research Workspace and the shared RMA account system. A professional service is linked to the canonical case; it does not create a separate portal.

Can you guarantee an outcome or approval?

No. Findings depend on the source data and design. QA checks the agreed evidence and cannot guarantee significance, graduation, grant funding or publication.

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