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Maina J.

Ph.D. Research Assistant | Data Analysis | Publication | Scopus | WoS

I help businesses, startups, consultants, and academics with evidence-based research services, data-driven business insights. With a strong background in economics, econometrics, business, and data analytics, I work as a Professional Research Assistant supporting both business research and academic research projects from concept to final output. 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 & 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 I support companies, entrepreneurs, NGOs, and consultants with high-quality, evidence-based research for strategy and decision-making. S̲e̲r̲v̲i̲c̲e̲s̲ i̲n̲c̲l̲u̲d̲e̲: ✅𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ & 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠 ✅𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠 & 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 ✅𝐵𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 & 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠 ✅𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ ✅𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑦 & 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ ✅𝐸𝑆𝐺, 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 & 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ ✅𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠 (𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 & 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒) ✅𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 & 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 Outputs you get: ⏩ 𝐶𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 ⏩ 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 ⏩ 𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑎-𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 ⏩ 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 & 𝑑𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 (𝑖𝑓 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑) 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂 & 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 I work as a professional research assistant, supporting research firms, PhD students, Master’s students, lecturers, and research teams across disciplines. 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 ✅ 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑇𝑜𝑝 𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡 - 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛 - 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 6+ 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠 & 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠, 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 & 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ ✅𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑃𝑆𝑆, 𝑆𝑇𝐴𝑇𝐴, 𝐸𝑉𝐼𝐸𝑊𝑆, 𝑅, 𝐴𝑀𝑂𝑆, 𝑆𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑡-𝑃𝐿𝑆, 𝑃𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑛, 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝐵𝐼, 𝑇𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑢 ✅ 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝐴𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟 - 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠, 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑠, 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 ✅𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 (𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘺) 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘴 (𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘴, 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘦𝘵𝘤.) 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. ✅ 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴 (𝘈𝘗𝘈, 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘔𝘓𝘈, 𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳). 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 & 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵-𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝗠𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲: 🎯 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒔: Extensive experience in performing data analysis and results interpretation: ✅Economic consulting ✅Econometrics Modelling ✅Excel ✅SPSS and AMOS ✅EVIEWS ✅Smart PLS ✅STATA ✅ Econometrics models ✅PYTHON✅R & R-Studio 🎯 𝘼𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙀𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 & 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜: Professional proofreading, editing and formatting ✅Manuscripts, ✅Research papers ✅Thesis ✅Dissertation ✅Literature Reviews ✅Essays ✅Conference Papers ✅Personal Statements ✅Statement of Purpose (SOPs) ✅Journal Articles 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗲? ⏩ Extensive experience with non-native English texts ⏩ Expertise in all major citation styles ⏩ Personalized service with 100% confidentiality ⏩ Proficiency in Word, Pages, Overleaf, and PDF

🇰🇪Ngong, Kenya$23/hr100% JSS4.78 (101)Since Dec 2019

Earnings and projects

MRR
$115

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#130,943 / 412k
🇰🇪Country#846 / 3,243
Revenue, last 30 days
$250

Last 6 months: $693

World#77,903 / 412k
🇰🇪Country#523 / 3,243
Total earnings
$25k

Billed in all: $25k

World#123,120 / 412k
🇰🇪Country#780 / 3,243
Per project
$180

$231 in the last 6 months

World#271,975 / 412k
🇰🇪Country#2,056 / 3,243
Projects, last 6 months
3
100% fixed0% hourly
World#66,482 / 412k
🇰🇪Country#354 / 3,243
Projects in all
140

Across 154 contracts

89% fixed11% hourly
World#17,459 / 412k
🇰🇪Country#167 / 3,243

Earnings, last 30 days

$25.3k+$250 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$25.0k$25.2k$25.4kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

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