About
Dr. William Bannon founded StatsWhisperer as a means of providing specialized knowledge regarding quantitative analysis to students, academics, professionals, as well as all other consumers and practitioners of statistical research. Dr. Bannon designed many of his teaching methods while on faculty at several New York City institutions. For example, Dr. Bannon served as a faculty member at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, with a dual appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Community and Preventive Medicine. Bill also completed his Post Doctoral Fellowship at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NIMH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Training in Psychopharmacology and Outcomes Research) and served as the Chief Statistician for the Mount Sinai Nursing Research Center for many years.
Bill has also served as a faculty member within several other universities, including appointments at Columbia University, Fordham University, The City University of New York (CUNY) - Hunter College, Yeshiva University, and Adelphi University. Dr. Bannon has also been widely published, as well as funded through many sources including through grants from the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). He received his doctorate from the Columbia University School of Social Work with a focus on advanced quantitative and qualitative data analytic techniques in the context of Health and Mental Health Services Research.
During these academic appointments, Dr. Bannon became increasingly impassioned about designing teaching and research methods that would meet two objectives. First, quantitative methods must be clear, understandable, thought-provoking, and gratifying to the learner, practitioner, or consumer of that research. Second, all quantitative research should be made fundamentally sound by adhering to a standard step-by-step method, which reflects that all the necessary methodological considerations have been made for that particular study.
This step-by-step approach is also a key in teaching research and statistics to students and colleagues as the method makes research methods easier to learn and follow.
Toward this goal, Dr. Bannon wrote the textbook The 7 Steps of Data Analysis: A Manual for Conducting a Quantitative Research Study (2026, Second Edition TBA) to serve as a guide for completing a fundamentally sound statistical research study. He has also structured several webinar programs toward instructing attendees on various topics related to data analysis.
Statistical Consultation
StatsWhisperer, Inc. is devoted to providing powerful consultation to businesses, agencies, academic institutions, students, and other individuals. This consultation is geared toward completing data analytic projects that assist clients in meeting the goals that will progress their institutions and careers to the next level of excellence.
Products: An Infrastructure for Learning, Teaching, and Conducting Data Analysis
StatsWhisperer, Inc. provides materials designed to make learning research involving data analysis (a.k.a., quantitative and qualitative research) clear and understandable. These materials provide innovative how-to information that breaks the process of data analytic research down into manageable steps. Learning here becomes a crescendo, where the learner firmly grasps all the essential concepts within each step until the entire process of producing a legitimate and effective research study is apparent.
These materials emphasize not only learning but the practical application of what is being taught. Throughout our materials, you will notice that examples are given that are meant to act as templates that will facilitate the learner in being able to replicate what is being taught on his or her own. In short, our goal is to provide materials that transition students, colleagues, and other interested parties into independent researchers who can produce their original research studies, including dissertation studies, research studies, and Capstone projects (as well as assist other educators in making this transition with their students)!