"How much does the statistical analysis of a thesis cost?" It's one of the first things you want to know, and almost no one answers it clearly: most people throw out a "it depends" and send you to a form. It does depend, but that doesn't mean you have to fly blind. Here are real ranges and, above all, what makes an analysis cost €300 or €3,000, so you know exactly what you're paying for and why.
Dissertation statistics help
Need someone to run the statistics of your dissertation or thesis? See dissertation statistics help: SPSS, R or JASP, APA 7 tables and viva preparation. For a PhD, the Results chapter written for you to review with your supervisor; for an MSc or Honours dissertation, the analysis explained and your draft reviewed.
What the price depends on
The cost doesn't come from a fixed hourly rate, but from the actual work behind it. The factors that move it most:
- The complexity of the analysis. A t-test or a correlation is not the same as a multilevel structural equation model with measurement invariance across four groups. The latter takes days of work and methodological decisions that have to be justified.
- The state of your data. Clean, well-structured data is analyzed quickly; data with missing values, miscoded variables or several databases that need merging add hours before you can even start.
- How many analyses you need. A single analysis costs less than the full statistics section of a paper (methods + analysis + results + tables).
- Urgency. A job with a 72-hour revision deadline isn't priced like one with a month of runway.
- Analysis only vs. analysis + writing. For a doctoral thesis or a paper, getting the Results written up in APA 7 (for you to review and make your own) is more work than a raw output. For a graded master’s dissertation the write-up stays yours, and the price covers running, explaining and reviewing your draft.
Indicative ranges (the "from" of each case)
So you have a real reference, these are the starting points I work from. They're indicative: the exact, fixed and itemized price comes in writing after I have seen your case.
- Methodological design and analysis plan (at the start of the thesis): from €300.
- A specific analysis with data already collected and an APA 7 deliverable (SEM, CFA, mediation, multilevel…): from €500.
- Reviewer response (point-by-point rebuttal + re-analysis): from €800.
- The full statistics of a Q1/Q2 paper (methods, analysis, results, tables and figures, with support to acceptance): from €1,500.
You'll find what each one includes on the pricing page.
Beware of "too cheap"
If someone offers to "do your thesis analysis" for €80 or "per chapter", be wary. At that price there can be no analysis that is well done, justified and reproducible: it's either a generic template or a thesis mill that hands you something you don't understand and couldn't defend before your committee. Charging by word or by chapter is the classic sign of piecework writing, not statistical consulting. (If you're unsure whether hiring help is legitimate, I cover it in is it ethical to hire a statistician?.)
The price is an investment, not an expense
Think about the cost of getting it wrong. A poorly designed analysis can cost you a Q1 rejection after six months of waiting, a committee objection that delays your viva, or having to repeat the study. Compared to that, paying to have it done right the first time, and to come out understanding it, is cheap. You're not buying "some tables": you're buying that your work survives peer review and your committee.
And who you hire matters as much as the price. A doctor with real publications knows what a Q1 reviewer asks for because they've been on the other side of the table; a freelancer who just "knows SPSS" doesn't. I explain how to tell them apart in how to choose a statistician for your thesis.
How to know your exact price
The fastest way: a free written diagnosis. You tell me your case, your data, your question, what they're asking of you, and I send you a fixed, itemized quote within 24 hours, no commitment and no call needed. That way you know the exact number before deciding anything.
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Get a free consultation →In short: the statistical analysis of a thesis can range from around €300 for an analysis plan to several thousand for the full statistics of a Q1 paper, depending on complexity, your data and urgency. What's truly cheap isn't the lowest price: it's getting it right the first time. If you want your exact number, let's talk, no commitment.