Quantitative analysis for organisations and research institutions

Analysis That Survives Technical Review

StatForge provides study design, quantitative analysis and defensible interpretation to research agencies, universities, evaluation firms and industrial clients — where a result has to hold up under peer review, regulatory scrutiny, or a board decision.

Led by Dr. Michael Pietersen, PhD (University of Pretoria) View Google Scholar →

Capabilities

Senior-level quantitative work, from measurement through to interpretation.

Research design and measurement

Study design, sampling and weighting, survey and instrument structure, scale validation, power and sample size.

Modelling and econometrics

Regression, panel and time-series methods, structural equation modelling, choice and pricing models, segmentation, driver analysis, causal inference.

Uncertainty and defensibility

Diagnostics, robustness, error structure and confidence bounds, and methodology written to withstand adversarial technical review.

Who we work with

Research agencies

Analytical capacity behind fieldwork — weighting, modelling and reporting your clients can interrogate.

Universities and research institutes

Methods and estimation support for funded projects and peer-reviewed outputs.

Evaluation and impact firms

Identification strategy, estimation and reporting for impact and performance evaluations.

Energy and industrial clients

Demand, pricing and operational analytics where the number ends up in a regulatory or board pack.

Curtailment & grid risk
Sector focus — energy

Curtailment and grid risk on the Cape corridors

For wind and solar projects and the lenders behind them, we run hourly, scenario-based curtailment models over 32 years of measured weather — producing distributions of energy loss, revenue and debt cover rather than a single assumed percentage.

From the report

20.3%

Corridor-wide wind curtailment in a typical 2028 year if capacity stays where it is

R122m

Revenue span from contract mechanics alone — against roughly R19m from weather

What you receive

Concrete deliverables — not vague “analysis done” claims

Methodology memo

A written account of method choice, assumptions, identification, limitations and how each was addressed — the document a technical reviewer will ask for.

Report-ready tables, figures and models

Clean, labelled outputs and estimated models that drop straight into your report, publication or client deck.

Reproducible code and a documented analysis dataset

R or Python scripts and a documented analysis dataset, so every figure can be traced back to source data and re-run independently.

Engagement formats

Three ways to bring in analytical capacity, depending on how the work is shaped.

Scoped project

Defined deliverable, fixed fee.

  • Agreed scope, deliverables and timeline before work starts
  • Methodology memo, models and report-ready outputs
  • Reproducible code and documented analysis dataset

Fees quoted per engagement.

Retained capacity

Day rate, for overflow work.

  • Reserved capacity across a period you define
  • Suited to peak periods and multiple parallel studies
  • Works inside your own templates and reporting standards
  • White-label by default — NDA signed, and the work is delivered under your name.

Fees quoted per engagement.

Technical review

Independent review of an existing analysis or model.

  • Specification, assumptions and identification assessed
  • Replication of headline results where data allows
  • Written opinion on defensibility, with material risks ranked

Fees quoted per engagement.

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