Research Advisory Services (RAS) is a public policy and healthcare research consulting firm offering a broad range of services to support strategic decisions by government, business and non-profit organizations. Established in 1987, RAS has a mission to improve the quality of public decision-making.

Well-researched facts and substantiated conclusions are keys to gaining the credibility needed to achieve results. RAS is respected statewide for expertise in helping decision-makers get the answers they need using reliable and defendable data. RAS works closely with clients to help them represent their interests to state and local policy-makers with research findings that are compelling and factually sound.

RAS has developed sophisticated techniques for simplifying large databases by

• Examining and displaying statistical relationships between variables,
• Using proprietary methods for identifying and extracting relevant data, and
• Creating maps to display the geographic distribution of demographic or program data.

RAS has amassed a large holding of Arizona-focused data files, computer models, GIS layers and analysis methods.  We hit the ground running, with minimal time lost in assembling resources.