Robert D. Power, Ph.D.
Power Analysis, Inc.

Robert D. Power has been President of Power Analysis, Inc. since 1995. Prior to that he was a senior consultant with Norpark Research Consultants, Inc. of Toronto, a research assistant at the Survey Research Center of the University of California at Berkeley, Director of Management Information Systems with the Saskatchewan Department of Social Services, and a research officer with the Saskatchewan Department of Health. Bob was awarded his Ph.D. in Public Policy in 1990 from the University of California at Berkeley. He obtained a Master of Public Policy degree from that same institution in 1988. He also holds a Masters of Arts degree in Applied Social Psychology from the University of Saskatchewan and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from St. Francis Xavier University.  

Power Analysis, Inc. offers a full range of research services to clients in the public sector. The firm has a well deserved reputation for research standards that are the highest in the industry, for a dedication to understanding the needs of the client thoroughly and to producing reports that are timely, concise, very well written and practical. The services Power Analysis, Inc. provides include:

• summative evaluations to determine whether a program is meeting its objectives and whether it is needed

• process evaluations to determine whether the program was implemented as planned, and whether operational improvements could be made

• survey research, including questionnaire development and pretesting, sample design and selection, data collection, statistical analysis and report writing  
  

• data analysis - statistical analysis of existing computerized data sets, using a wide range of sophisticated techniques to draw information out of data and report it in simple terms

• development of performance measurement systems for tracking ongoing performance     

• training workshops on both program evaluation and survey research presenting step by step guidance