How to Model Data With Intersectionality
When you incorporate demographic data into your research, you’ll need to consider how you’ll represent the lived experiences of a diverse group of humans.
How I Became a Person of Colour
This week, we’re welcoming guest author Laura Sundstrom of Vantage Evaluation, who is sharing her experience at the Equitable Evaluation Design Lab.
Why We Need to be Data Detectives
In last week’s email newsletter I mentioned Naomi Wolf’s data problems (That’s Naomi Wolf - not Naomi Klein as I accidentally wrote in part of the text. Apologies to Naomi Klein fans!) In Wolf’s latest book she makes claims about the number of men executed in England...
Why You Need a Motivation Statement
Why are you doing your data project? This is the key question of the second step in The Data Lifecycle: Motivation. All data projects have a driving force behind them, often many at once. A clear, transparent definition of all the reasons why a project is being done...
New Interactive Webinar: Equity in Data – Using Checklists
Ready to improve the equity and ethics in your data processes? Need to share the ideas and applications of the We All Count framework with your team in an interactive and affordable way? Want to develop your professional skills in a vital emerging topic area? Schedule...
Video: Modeling Data for Equity
We often think of data analysis as being objective. And in many cases, those presenting their analyses to us would prefer it that way. But, no matter how much we hope for it, data analysis is not objective. When we model data, we decide what factors are important to...
Why We Need Intersectionality in Our Demographic Data
When you incorporate demographic data into your research, you’ll need to consider how you’ll represent the lived experiences of a diverse group of humans.
Video: Impact Reporting – How Averages Hide Equity Issues
Check out our new video based on our post about impact evaluations and averages!
How to Make the Shift to Equitable Evaluation
This week, we’re welcoming guest author Laura Sundstrom of Vantage Evaluation, who is sharing her experience at the Equitable Evaluation Design Lab.
Better for Who? Examining Equity in Impact Evaluations
Data-based impact evaluations are an essential way for nonprofits to understand how their work is affecting the people they aim to help. But how do we determine what constitutes an improvement? What is our yardstick for success? In many cases, impact evaluations look...