If you want to be taken seriously as a data professional, there are some things that you just need to know. The difference between a Bar Chart and a Histogram is one of those things. This post is a little cartoon illustrated explanation of the differences. In short: the difference between a Bar Graph and […]
The Evaluation Mindset: Not Your Data
In 2018, 87 years after it was completed, Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon was released to the public. Reading the book today the story of Cudjo Lewis feels completely relevant to our contemporary times. It is heartbreaking, illuminating, and honest. In the way she writes, Hurston allows Cudjo to tell his own story. They are his […]
The Effective Philanthropy Resource Site Showdown – [a graphic novel data analysis]
The digital world is filled with underutilized data. I created this experimental data analysis as a way to show how datasets embraced by the SEO world can be valuable evaluation resources. If the analysis leaves you with more questions. At the end of the post you will find a link to a Tableau Public dashboard […]
Bridging the Data Gap
The gap starts small. What we see is pretty much what we know. The questionnaire, the response rates, the frequencies, and the datasets. We can see it all, from top to bottom, nothing hidden. But over time we started tracking other things. Every click of a button, every swipe of a credit card, every watch […]
The “You Sir” Data Interface
“You sir, bring me some data.” Most organizations access their data through people. Real, live, people. Somebody, most likely somebody at a senior level, asks for data. Then somebody else goes and finds it. Of course you probably know this. If you read this blog there is a very good chance that you are part […]
When keeping it simple is stupid.
When I was a young kid my uncle had a stroke. A middle aged man with a wife and three daughters, it changed his life completely. Not so long after his stroke my uncle came to live with us, becoming part of our family unit for the final 30ish years of his life. Uncle Jack […]