Data science vs evaluation is a false dichotomy. Because data science and evaluation (or research) are not mutually exclusive. Both data science and evaluation involve data. Depending on the purpose, occasionally there will be overlap. When data science is used to make judgements on the merit, worth or value of things it is evaluative. Most […]
My top 7 most engaging posts
Many of you are new here so before anything else let me just say, thank you for following. Since you’ve likely not seen them, I thought it might be a good idea to let you know about some of my favorite posts. Being a cartoonist, I have quite a few posts where people show up for […]
More data, shorter reports: three ways to respond
We have access to more data but are delivering shorter reports. Something has to change, right? Before we get into today’s post. If you missed my webinar, it’s now up for anyone to watch. A big thanks to AEA for sending it to me so I could post for all of you. More Data From site […]
IF statements in Excel to check for bad sorts
An Excel spreadsheet is really easy to corrupt. It's why syntax backed analysis programs have an edge, they keep an audit trail. Maybe you forgot to extend the auto filter across all of your columns. Or maybe you copy and pasted in some new data that just happened to be sorted by state abbreviation instead […]