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Reflections, opinions, explainers, related to evaluation.
You don’t have to know anything about evaluation to understand the content.
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Being Carried By a Wave
In a busy Half Marathon, you set off in ‘waves’. As I was waiting for my race to start, I wondered: “Would being in a faster ‘wave’ also make me faster?”
This is “Regression Discontinuity” Explained Though a Half Marathon
Evaluating Graduation
We’re in graduation season at Nottingham Trent University. I’ve been thinking “how do we know this worked?”. It seems like a simple question doesn’t it.
Did my swanky new shoes CAUSE my PB?
Last Saturday, I put on my new running shoes and ran my Parkrun PB #Humblebrag
The question is, was this down to the new shoes? Was it my ‘intervention’ that caused the success?
It’s your classic evaluation question.
Evaluation on a budget: 7 things to consider
Budgets for evaluation are being slashed. I’ve seen this first hand in Higher Education Institutions, and I’m betting it’s happening elsewhere too.
But the need for measuring impact and evaluative work remains. So what is the solution?
How to find a dog, and lessons for data collection
Elfrida is a Swedish tax inspector. Her job is to locate people who were not paying taxes for dog ownership.
What does she do to track the dogs down?