Records to Evidence
Turn a difficult document collection or dataset into a checked, usable public or internal resource.
Scope and deliverablesResearch · Evidence · Digital tools
Make difficult records useful.
For associations, research and public-interest teams with evidence people need to understand. We turn records into checked analysis, clear next steps and working digital resources.
Ottawa, Canada. Founder-led delivery. Scope agreed before work starts.
Client work · Alliance Against Seclusion & Restraint
A public dataset people can explore.
AASR needed a way to make federal school restraint-and-seclusion records understandable. Prior Signal produced a data experience and supporting processing and methodology work.
The case study shows the deliverables, the checking process and the limits of what the records establish, including corrections to earlier statistical interpretations.
Read the case studyConcrete starting points
Choose the work you need.
Self-Serve Navigator
Make a complicated service or eligibility process easier to navigate without collecting unnecessary personal information.
Scope and deliverablesAI Search Visibility Audit
Find whether answer systems identify, describe and cite your organization accurately for the questions that matter.
Scope and deliverablesHow delivery works
A citation is the beginning of a check, not the end.
A real source can still be quoted out of context, used with the wrong denominator or left behind by a later change. The scope includes the checks required for the particular output.
Define
Agree the question, audience, sources and output. Identify what the material cannot establish.
Check
Review the source, definitions, calculations and dates. Separate findings from interpretation and uncertainty.
Build
Turn the checked material into the agreed brief, navigator or data experience. Test the paths people need to use.
Hand over
Deliver the agreed files, documentation and ownership terms. Make maintenance and update responsibilities explicit.
Prior Signal
Research and implementation, together.
Spencer Carroll leads Prior Signal. His separate public-interest work on End The Wait Ontario provides an inspectable example of source-linked publishing and tools designed around practical questions.
Client engagements, independent citations and founder-led work are labeled separately. A public mention is not a client relationship or an institutional endorsement.
Start with a defined problem
What does your team need to understand, or make usable?
Tell us the question, the audience and the material you already have. Leave sensitive records out of the first message; we will agree an appropriate intake process before receiving them.
Describe the problem