Disclaimer

Last updated: August 22, 2026

The information, coaching, statistical guidance, educational resources, and other services provided through Grad Data Coach are intended to support students and researchers in understanding and conducting their own data analysis.

By using GradDataCoach.com or any Grad Data Coach service, you acknowledge and agree to the following.

1. Educational and Coaching Purpose

Grad Data Coach provides 1:1 data analysis help, statistical guidance, research methods coaching, software support, and results interpretation.

Our services are designed to help you better understand your research and make informed analytical decisions.

Grad Data Coach does not replace your university supervisor, research committee, institutional statistician, ethics committee, examination board, or other academic authority.

You remain responsible for your own research and academic work.

2. No Guarantee of Academic Results

We make reasonable efforts to provide accurate, practical, and appropriate statistical guidance. However, we cannot guarantee any particular academic outcome.

Grad Data Coach does not guarantee:

• a particular grade or mark;
• approval of a dissertation or thesis;
• acceptance of a research proposal;
• approval of a particular statistical method by your supervisor;
• successful completion of a degree;
• successful defense or viva performance;
• publication in an academic journal;
• acceptance of a manuscript;
• statistically significant results;
• favorable research findings; or
• any other academic or professional outcome.

Decisions regarding academic work are made by your university, supervisor, committee, examiner, publisher, journal, or other relevant authority.

3. Your Responsibility for Statistical Decisions

Statistical analysis depends on the nature of the research design, data, variables, sampling methods, assumptions, research questions, and other methodological factors.

Guidance provided by Grad Data Coach is based on the information available at the time.

You are responsible for reviewing and understanding the analytical methods used in your research before submitting or defending your work.

You should also ensure that your chosen methods comply with the requirements of your institution, supervisor, discipline, or publication outlet.

4. Accuracy of Information Provided by Clients

The usefulness and accuracy of data analysis guidance depend heavily on the information supplied by the client.

Grad Data Coach is not responsible for errors or inappropriate conclusions resulting from inaccurate, incomplete, incorrectly coded, outdated, or misleading information supplied to us.

This may include errors relating to:

• datasets;
• variable coding;
• research questions;
• questionnaires;
• sampling procedures;
• measurement scales;
• missing data;
• study design;
• supervisor requirements; or
• statistical output.

If important information changes, the appropriate statistical analysis may also change.

5. Statistical Results Can Change

Statistical results are influenced by the data and analytical decisions used.

Results may change if there are changes to:

• the dataset;
• sample size;
• variable definitions;
• coding decisions;
• treatment of missing data;
• statistical assumptions;
• inclusion or exclusion criteria;
• model specifications;
• software settings; or
• analytical methods.

Grad Data Coach does not guarantee that repeated, revised, or alternative analyses will produce the same results.

6. No Guarantee of Statistical Significance

We do not manipulate data or analytical methods for the purpose of producing statistically significant results.

Research findings may be statistically significant, non-significant, inconclusive, or contrary to the researcher’s expectations.

A non-significant result does not necessarily mean that an analysis has been conducted incorrectly.

Grad Data Coach will not knowingly falsify, fabricate, or manipulate data to produce a desired academic result.

7. Academic Integrity

Grad Data Coach is an educational and coaching service.

Students and researchers remain responsible for ensuring that their use of our services complies with the academic integrity policies of their university, institution, publisher, funding body, or other relevant organization.

Our services should not be used to:

• impersonate a student during an examination, defense, viva, or assessment;
• fabricate or falsify research data;
• conceal prohibited academic assistance;
• submit work in violation of institutional rules;
• misrepresent another person’s work as your own; or
• engage in plagiarism, research misconduct, or academic fraud.

We may decline requests that we reasonably believe violate academic or research integrity standards.

8. Responsibility for Submitted Work

You remain responsible for all work submitted under your name.

Receiving coaching or guidance from Grad Data Coach does not transfer responsibility for your dissertation, thesis, coursework, capstone project, research article, statistical analysis, or other academic work.

Before submitting your work, you should understand:

• the analytical methods used;
• why those methods were selected;
• the assumptions involved;
• how the results were interpreted; and
• the limitations of the analysis.

Our aim is to help you become capable of explaining and defending your own analysis.

9. Supervisor and Institutional Requirements

Different universities, supervisors, disciplines, journals, and academic departments may have different expectations regarding statistical analysis and reporting.

A method that is accepted in one context may not be preferred in another.

Where your supervisor or institution has provided specific analytical requirements, you should communicate those requirements to us.

Grad Data Coach cannot guarantee that every supervisor, committee, examiner, or journal reviewer will agree with a particular analytical decision.

10. Supervisor Feedback

We may help students understand statistical or methodological comments made by supervisors, reviewers, or committees.

However, our interpretation of such comments does not constitute an official interpretation on behalf of the supervisor or institution.

Where a supervisor’s instruction is unclear, the student may need to seek clarification directly from that supervisor.

11. Research Ethics and Participant Data

Clients are responsible for ensuring that their research complies with applicable ethical requirements, institutional approvals, consent procedures, and data-protection obligations.

You should remove unnecessary personal identifiers from research data before sharing it with Grad Data Coach.

You remain responsible for determining whether your research data may legally and ethically be shared for external analytical support.

Grad Data Coach does not provide institutional ethics approval or replace an ethics review board.

12. No Professional Legal, Medical, Financial, or Clinical Advice

Grad Data Coach provides educational support relating to statistics, data analysis, research methods, and analytical software.

Information provided through the website or coaching services should not be interpreted as legal, medical, financial, clinical, accounting, or other regulated professional advice.

Where your research involves decisions requiring such professional expertise, you should consult an appropriately qualified professional.

13. Statistical and Educational Content on the Website

Articles, guides, examples, tutorials, FAQs, and other educational content published on GradDataCoach.com are provided for general informational and educational purposes.

They may not be suitable for every research situation.

Examples presented on the website may simplify real research situations to make statistical concepts easier to understand.

You should not select a statistical method solely because it appears in a general example without considering the specific requirements of your own study.

14. Statistical Software

Grad Data Coach may provide coaching involving third-party software and tools such as:

• SPSS;
• R;
• Python;
• Stata;
• SAS;
• Minitab;
• Jamovi;
• JASP;
• Microsoft Excel;
• SPSS-AMOS;
• SmartPLS; and
• other analytical software.

These products are owned by their respective companies, organizations, or developers.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, Grad Data Coach is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially associated with these software providers.

Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.

15. Software Differences and Updates

Statistical software is updated periodically.

Menus, commands, default settings, calculations, packages, interfaces, and output may differ depending on:

• software version;
• operating system;
• installed packages;
• configuration;
• licensing level; or
• later software updates.

Screenshots, instructions, or examples provided by Grad Data Coach may therefore differ slightly from the software version being used by a client.

16. Programming Code and Syntax

Where examples of R, Python, Stata, SAS, SPSS syntax, or other programming code are provided, reasonable efforts are made to ensure they are appropriate for the stated purpose.

However, code should be reviewed and tested using your own data and computing environment.

Grad Data Coach is not responsible for unintended effects resulting from running code without appropriate review, testing, backups, or understanding of its purpose.

Always maintain backup copies of important research data.

17. Third-Party Websites and Resources

GradDataCoach.com may contain links to third-party websites, research resources, documentation, software providers, or other external services.

These links may be provided for convenience or educational purposes.

We do not control third-party websites and cannot guarantee their:

• accuracy;
• availability;
• security;
• content;
• privacy practices; or
• continued operation.

The inclusion of an external link does not necessarily imply endorsement.

18. Testimonials and Reviews

Reviews and testimonials displayed on GradDataCoach.com reflect the experiences and opinions of individual clients.

Individual experiences vary.

A positive testimonial does not guarantee that another client will achieve the same academic, statistical, research, or professional outcome.

Testimonials should not be interpreted as guarantees of future results.

19. Website Availability and Technical Issues

We make reasonable efforts to keep GradDataCoach.com available and functioning properly.

However, we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.

The website may occasionally be affected by:

• hosting problems;
• maintenance;
• internet outages;
• software errors;
• security updates;
• third-party service failures; or
• circumstances outside our reasonable control.

20. Limitation of Reliance

You should use your own academic judgment when applying information obtained through Grad Data Coach.

Where appropriate, statistical decisions should also be discussed with your supervisor, committee, research team, or other relevant academic authority.

You should not rely on a single online article, coaching session, software output, or statistical result without considering the broader context of your research.

21. Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Grad Data Coach is not responsible for losses or adverse outcomes resulting from reliance on website content, coaching guidance, statistical analysis, software instructions, or other educational resources.

This includes, without limitation, consequences arising from:

• inaccurate or incomplete client data;
• incorrect implementation of guidance;
• changes made after a coaching session;
• decisions made by supervisors or universities;
• lost or corrupted data;
• software failures;
• missed academic deadlines;
• rejected dissertations, theses, proposals, or manuscripts; or
• results that differ from client expectations.

Nothing in this Disclaimer excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

22. Changes to This Disclaimer

We may update this Disclaimer periodically to reflect changes in our services, website content, software support, or applicable requirements.

The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.

23. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Disclaimer or would like clarification about the nature of our services before booking, please contact:

Grad Data Coach
Email: support@graddatacoach.com
Website: GradDataCoach.com