This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: As we approach the end of 2023, it’s more than likely that you’ll find yourself reflecting on the past year. As evaluators, our roles not only involve mastering methodologies and data analysis, but also a profound commitment to […]
Qualtrics Automated Reporting – A How-To Guide
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Regular in-depth analyses are important to provide accurate and meaningful insights and recommendations. However, it can also be useful for clients to be able to view summaries of their data between regular reporting intervals. I recently […]
One Page Dissemination Plan
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Dissemination should be easy. It’s just sharing our findings and ideas with people who we think might be interested. If it’s hard, it’s because we make it hard. Let’s make it easy instead. The One Page Dissemination Plan At the bottom of this […]
3 Common Report Mistakes that Waste Data
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Have you ever heard of the last mile problem? It’s a concept that gets talked about a lot in discussions about supply chains and transportation services. But I also believe it applies to evaluation. The general idea is that the last leg of […]
Measure Collaboration: Woodland’s Framework
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When Graphs Have Multiple Takeaway Messages
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Sometimes our graphs have a single, overarching takeaway message. Maybe the numbers simply went up over time. Or down. Other times, it’s more complicated. Here’s how to explain multiple takeaway messages in presentations: with multiple slides, one per takeaway message. Before: Everything Smushed […]
Encrypting and Anonymizing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in Raw Data
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Introduction As evaluators, we are presented with a swath of data from varying sources, which often contains personally identifiable information (PII). PII includes any data which can be used to identify an individual. These data may […]
In defence of long reports.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: 116, 78, 54, 47 – These are not my golf scores, or my typing speed, or even the number of CDs I owned in the 90s. These are my report lengths, in pages. My name […]
Data Visualization Applications: Lollipop Charts – An Alternative to Bar Charts
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: This is an accompanying piece to our Data Visualization Applications: Bar Charts tutorial. While the standard bar chart is one of the simplest and most effective data visualizations, we sometimes want alternatives to freshen up our […]
Power Query for Data Preparation in Excel: An Introduction and Walk-Through for Beginners
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Introduction If you’ve ever needed to analyze primary quantitative data yourself, you may know that a lot of the process is not spent on the analysis itself, but on preparing your data for analysis. Data preparation is […]