Center for Methodology, Evaluation, and Applied Statistics for University Research and Education (C-MEASURE)
Services
C-MEASURE provides consulting services in the areas of study design, statistical analysis, manuscript support, grant proposal development and writing, and workshops on selected topics. Examples of services are provided below:
Study design
- Power analysis
- Validity, reliability, and generalizability evaluation
- Personnel and facilities appraisal
- Retrospective protocol critique
Quantitative/qualitative analysis for individual projects
- Data analysis plan
- Data management and organization
- Descriptive statistics
- Data visualization
- Inferential statistics (e.g., hypothesis testing, modelling)
Dissemination support
- Manuscript methods and results section writing
- Manuscript methods and results section review
- Peer reviewer response assistance
- Presentation review
Research support for grant proposals
- Proposal writing support for methods and proposed analyses
- Methods and statistics consulting research team member
- Methods and statistics consulting co-principal investigator or co-investigator
- External evaluation of proposals
- Grant close-out and progress report assistance
Training workshops
- Study design and methodology
- Statistical analysis techniques
Compensation Expectations
C-MEASURE services are provided at the volition of the director and affiliate members. Compensation for our services can be provided through multiple means.
- For individual projects with intended dissemination, it is expected that assisting C-MEASURE members be awarded with co-authorship in return for their provided expertise and efforts.
- For grant proposals, services may be compensated by the assignment of assisting C-MEASURE members to formal roles commensurate with services provided (e.g., collaborator, co-investigator). Grants proposals developed with the assistance of C-MEASURE should be submitted using the standard center indirect cost distribution. For more information, please see https://w1.mtsu.edu/research/indirects.php.
- All C-MEASURE services may also be provided on a fee-for-service basis. Our rate is determined by the scope of the requested services. Fees may be requested as an alternative, or in addition to other forms of compensation previously indicated.
- To start the process of requesting C-MEASURE services, please complete the form below or email our director at james.houston@mtsu.edu.
Service Request Form

Contact us:
Director: James R. Houston, Ph.D.
James.houston@mtsu.edu
o: 615-898-5641
f: 615-898-5027
Administrator: Jordan T. Gordon, B.S.
Jordan.gordon@mtsu.edu
o: 615-898-5192
f: 615-898-5027