Who We Are

Qi Statistics Ltd was set up in 1989 to offer statistical consultancy and training services to research and industry.

Qi Statistics Ltd is run by Anne Hasted who has over 20 year's experience as a consulting statistician, prior to setting up an independent consultancy Anne was a member of academic staff at Reading University.

Anne has a broad range of experience in industry (particularly in petrochemicals, packaging and food) and particular experience in the field of sensory and consumer research. She is co-developer with Hal Macfie of a successful programme of “hands on” training courses for sensory and consumer researchers which are recognised worldwide. She is currently acting as consultant statistician to the Copyright Licensing Agency. She is also a director of StatApp Ltd who specialise in training and analysis services to marketing and CRM.

Ian Wakeling is a recognised expert in the field of experimental design and applications of multivariate methods in the food industry. He is the developer of Design Express, a software package generating presentation orders for sensory and consumer studies and has authored and co-authored several papers in this area.

Maggie Smart is a graduate statistician with a broad range of statistical experience in both analysis of sensory and consumer data and retail sales forecasting.