Find the right route for the work in front of you

You have a published result, inherited analysis or output that needs an independent check before you extend it, rely on it or hand it to someone else.

• A paper plus its public, published or shareable data
• Existing scripts, output tables or model specifications
• A clearly identified result: coefficient, contrast, model fit, figure or table
• Your software and version requirements, if they matter

A documented reproduction or audit: runnable scripts, reconstructed outputs, a comparison table and a short report separating exact matches, acceptable numerical differences, unresolved discrepancies and limitations.

The agreed result must be traceable from input to output. The comparison table records what matched and what did not; it does not promise that the original study is correct, that unavailable inputs can be reconstructed or that a reproduction establishes broader validity.

• Translated vs. Native English: Checking 24 Published Corpus Results — Badge: Reproduced
• Do Emojis Spark Creativity? A Published-Data Statistical Reproduction — Badge: Reproduced
• Checking a Published Stroke Quality-of-Life Analysis with Open Tools — Badge: Reproduced

• Trial analytics deliverable — from US$1,000 (≈ HK$8,000): one bounded result on material you can share
• Small deliverable — from US$2,600 (≈ HK$20,000): a defined analysis, table or model family with scripts and comparison report
• Grant-scale project — from US$5,100 (≈ HK$40,000): several linked analyses or a larger audit with consolidated reporting and handover
• Retainer: a named monthly queue for recurring checks, extensions and maintenance

The data exists, but cleaning, modelling, verification and reporting are blocking the result you need to assess.

• Survey, experimental, observational or corpus data
• A research question, protocol, preregistration or analysis plan
• A codebook, questionnaire, scale or variable dictionary
• The output format you need: model table, figure, technical report or reusable script

A scoped analysis package containing the cleaned analytical dataset, decision log, runnable scripts, checked tables or figures and a concise interpretation tied to the agreed question.

Acceptance is based on the agreed variables, exclusions, models, checks and output formats. The work does not guarantee statistical significance, publication, reviewer agreement or conclusions unsupported by the supplied data.

• Pattern-Level Reproduction of a Cantonese Child-Language Study — Badge: Reproduced
• Can a Computer Tell Whether a Chinese Text Was Translated or Originally Written in Chinese? — Badge: Reproduced
• Checking a Hong Kong Child-Care Burnout Study Against Its Published Data — Badge: Reproduced

• Trial analytics deliverable — from US$1,000 (≈ HK$8,000): one bounded question, model or output on your material
• Small deliverable — from US$2,600 (≈ HK$20,000): one defined dataset and analysis package
• Grant-scale project — from US$5,100 (≈ HK$40,000): linked analyses, robustness checks or a larger reporting package
• Retainer: recurring analysis and reporting through a named monthly scope

One person can run the analysis, but the method is difficult to repeat, teach or maintain. When staff or students change, the working knowledge leaves with them.

• A current script, notebook or manual workflow
• Representative raw and expected output files
• Software, infrastructure and access constraints
• The intended operator: you, an RA, a student or another collaborator

A versioned pipeline with configuration, validation checks, run instructions, example inputs and outputs, troubleshooting notes and a handover session for the intended operator.

The pipeline must run on the agreed environment and representative inputs, producing the agreed outputs or explicit validation errors. Compatibility with untested data, future software versions or changed upstream systems is outside scope unless maintenance is included.

• Testing Rich-Get-Richer Patterns in a Published Hip-Hop Network Dataset — Badge: Reproduced
• Translated vs. Native English: Checking 24 Published Corpus Results — Badge: Reproduced
• Browse all per-paper comparison tables — Badge: Evidence library

• Trial analytics deliverable — from US$1,000 (≈ HK$8,000): prove one critical stage on representative material
• Small deliverable — from US$2,600 (≈ HK$20,000): one bounded pipeline with documentation and handover
• Grant-scale project — from US$5,100 (≈ HK$40,000): a multi-stage pipeline, validation layer or lab-facing handover package
• Research retainer — from US$1,300 per month (≈ HK$10,000 per month): a named queue for upkeep, routine runs, changes and month-end reporting

Your material requires specialist preprocessing, annotation, coding or modelling before it becomes an interpretable dataset.

• Speech, transcript, corpus, EEG, eye-tracking, behavioural or multimodal files
• Collection protocols, event markers, annotation guidance or an existing codebook
• Representative samples and known quality issues
• The measures or outputs the study requires

A scoped processing workflow plus checked outputs. Depending on the material, this may include filtering and epoching, speech transcription with preserved errors, eye-tracking measures, structured text coding, agreement checks, mixed models, documentation and reusable scripts.

Quality thresholds, exclusions, coding rules, agreement measures and output fields are agreed before the build. Automated or assisted processing remains subject to documented human review; the work does not make ambiguous source material certain or substitute a generated metric for methodological judgement.

• Translation vs. Paraphrase: Checking 21 Published Eye-Tracking Results — Badge: Reproduced
• Auditing a Published Street-Image Restorativeness Analysis — Badge: Worked example
• Per-paper comparison tables across the Evidence Library — Badge: Evidence library

• Trial analytics deliverable — from US$1,000 (≈ HK$8,000): one representative sample and one bounded processing or coding question
• Small deliverable — from US$2,600 (≈ HK$20,000): one defined dataset, workflow and checked output package
• Grant-scale project — from US$5,100 (≈ HK$40,000): a larger corpus, linked modalities or a fuller processing-and-analysis package
• Retainer: recurring batches, quality checks and pipeline maintenance through a named monthly scope

A review, proposal or administrative process is consuming research time because the source material is scattered, the criteria are unclear or every step depends on manual follow-up.

• A reading list, search export, transcript set or document collection
• Official scheme guidance, assessment criteria and your current proposal materials
• Existing templates, forms, deadlines and approval rules
• For administrative work, explicit access limits and escalation instructions

A bounded workflow and its outputs: for example, a literature matrix, coding framework, criteria-alignment table, proposal review, document checklist, drafting queue or approval-controlled administrative workflow.

The deliverable is checked against the agreed sources, criteria and workflow rules. Patrick does not decide funding eligibility, guarantee an award, provide institutional approval or submit/send material without the agreed human approval step.

• Literature and evidence checks in the Evidence Library — Badge: Evidence library
• Real-Data Coding-Agreement Tutorial — Badge: Worked example
• See package scope and pricing — Badge: Pricing

• Trial analytics deliverable — from US$1,000 (≈ HK$8,000): one bounded matrix, coding sample, criteria check or workflow test
• Small deliverable — from US$2,600 (≈ HK$20,000): a defined review, coding, proposal or workflow package
• Grant-scale project — from US$5,100 (≈ HK$40,000): a larger evidence, proposal-support or multi-stage workflow package
• Admin retainer — from US$640 per month (≈ HK$5,000 per month): a named queue with approval and escalation rules
• Research retainer — from US$1,300 per month (≈ HK$10,000 per month): recurring review, coding or project-support work through a named monthly scope

Whether a cost can be charged to a grant, department or teaching-development budget depends on the scheme, institution, approved budget and procurement rules. Confirm eligibility with the relevant office.