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Data Collection & Analysis | Blog Post
2020

Backtracking Alumni: Using Institutional Research and Reflective Inquiry to Improve Organizational Learning

In a recent blog post, we shared practical tips for developing an alumni tracking program to assess students’ employment outcomes. Alumni tracking is an effective tool for assessing the quality...

Interpretation | Blog Post
2020

Strategies and Sources for Interpreting Evaluation Findings to Reach Conclusions

Imagine: You’re an evaluator who has compiled lots of data about an ATE project. You’re preparing to present the results to stakeholders. You have many beautiful charts and compelling stories...

Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results | Blog Post
2020

Three Questions to Spur Action from Your Evaluation Report

Evaluators are urged to make their evaluations useful. Project staff are encouraged to use their evaluations. An obvious way to support these...

Interpretation | Blog Post
2020

Understanding Data Literacy

In today’s data-filled society, institutions are abundant with data but lack data literacy, the ability to transform data into usable information and...

Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results | Blog Post
2020

How I Came to Learn R, and Why You Should Too!

A few years ago, I left my job on the research team at the Oregon Community Foundation and started working as an...

Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results | Blog Post
2020

How Your Editor Is a Lot Like an Evaluator

I’m Cynthia Williams, editor and project manager at Dragonfly Editorial and owner of Style Sheets Editorial Services. Having worked with lots of...

Data Collection & Analysis | Blog Post
2020

Increasing Response Rates*

Higher response rates result in greater sample sizes and reduce bias. Research on ways to increase response rates for mail and Internet...

Data Collection & Analysis | Blog Post
2019

Utilization-focused Evaluation

As seasoned evaluators committed to utilization-focused evaluation, we partner with clients to create questions and data analysis connected to continuous improvement. We...

Data Collection & Analysis | Blog Post
2019

Utilizing Social Media Analytics to Demonstrate Program Impact

The application of social media within programs has grown exponentially over the past decade and has become a popular way for programs...

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