Identity Sorting Dials: Certainty

by Heather Krause | Jun 3, 2022 | Analysis, Communication & Distribution, Data Collection & Sourcing

The Identity Sorting Dials are a really useful tool to start (again, I’ll say start) thinking about the interplay between human considerations like fit (“can I see myself in this category”) and ease (“how difficult is it for me to interact with this data process”) and...

Introducing: Identity Sorting Dials

by Heather Krause | Apr 28, 2022 | Analysis, Communication & Distribution, Data Collection & Sourcing, Project Design

This article begins a 4 part series on what We All Count calls Identity Sorting Dials.  “If I want to be inclusive on my survey, shouldn’t I use as many identity options as possible?” “If we want our results to be statistically significant, aren’t we going to need to...

Building Compassion into Your Modelling Variables

by Heather Krause | Mar 25, 2022 | Analysis

The following is an excerpt from Heather Krause’s 2022 Keynote: “Who is the Data Privileged Person?”. So, a statistical model in a data project is simply all of the relationships between variables setup in the way that is the modeller’s best possible...

Data Relationship Health Check

by Heather Krause | Mar 11, 2022 | Data Collection & Sourcing, Funding

This is a quick tool that you can use when examining the equity implications of your data relationship. To learn about data relationships and the interplay of price, value, ownership, and profit, check out the original article here.  Data equity is about power...

The Privilege Embedded in your Unit of Analysis

by Heather Krause | Feb 18, 2022 | Analysis

How much water per bouquet? If we watered them all using the average required per bouquet, we’d over water one and underwater one. What’s the problem: we’re using the denominator of bouquets instead of flowers. Defining your denominator is as important as defining...