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Catharsis is a research consultancy founded by Dr. Cat Hicks with a mission to bring real science to software teams and real evidence strategies to engineering communities. 

 

Catharsis brings together psychological science, expertise on developers, and community-focused methods to help compassionate technologists create impact. Building from the publicly-vetted and impactful empirical methods and intervention strategies shared in our open science for software teams, with Catharsis you can get expert help for your engineering measurement strategy, developer experience evaluation, and protecting the practices that drive innovation on your software teams.​

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I need a research project

Quantitative & qualitative research.

Evidence & evaluation plans.

Big questions about human behavior.

I need help with data

Prediction & causal inference.

Meaningful measurement.

Actionable & rigorous statistics.

I need evidence strategy

Engineering measurement design.

Culture-first change.

Bespoke strategy consulting.

Catharsis is a woman-owned and LGBT-owned business.

We are also proud to support partners in our local community with volunteer data work when possible.
So far, we've contributed to: San Diego civic data analysis on road safety, underserved patient needs assessment design, nonprofit efficacy evaluation design and supporting evidence for grant applications for adult education, and youth mentorship and civic data education 

Clients Have Included

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FreshForm

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Truity Psychometrics

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