Hello again from Ruth Aboagye – UMass Medical School, co-author of 3 blogs when we touched on Facts and Failures and talked in depth about Fishbones and Five Whys. Today, the focus will be on process flows also known as Flowcharts, which visually convey the steps in a process. More importantly, it helps you understand …
Improving Performance with Flowcharts by Ruth Aboagye Read More »
Hello! I’m Lara Hilton, a behavioral scientist who has conducted program evaluation in military health settings for the last 10 years. I am excited to share a few examples of how the military utilizes data visualization for evaluation and how those applications inform evaluation and more broadly impact public health outcomes. First, here’s an interesting …
Memorial Day Week: Use of evaluation data viz in military contexts by Lara Hilton Read More »
Hello, my name is Timara McCollum, and I am a first-year PhD student in Educational Psychology & Counseling, with a concentration in Evaluation, Statistics, & Measurement at the University of TN Knoxville. I am also heading towards my 4th year in motherhood academy. My eldest daughter will be four soon, and we will welcome our …
Count Your Hearts & Remember to Say Thank You by Timara McCollum Read More »
I’m Robin Taylor, Principal and Senior Evaluator of RTRES Consulting, a small business established to help STEM programs grow through data-driven evidence. I wanted to share an effective and practical way to demonstrate the range of item difficulties of pre-post-test items. This approach is not intended to demonstrate the validity of a test, but is …
I’m Billi Shaner, Senior M&E Advisor at InformEd International and Co-President of the AEA Local Affiliate in Seattle. At InformEd, we provide evaluation services to international development clients, focusing in the areas of education, health, and livelihoods. For some time, I’ve been intrigued by the potential of Tableau’s platform to encourage our clients to interact …
DVR TIG Week: Tableau’s Map Functionality for Enhancing Dashboards by Billi Shaner Read More »
Hi, I am Michaela Anang, creative spark seeker and Research and Evaluation Assistant at Mirror Group LLC. Hi, I am Mindelyn Anderson, data viz devotee and Founder + Principal of Mirror Group LLC. With the start of a new decade, Mirror Group LLC is doubling down on our commitment to make data accessible, engaging, and …
I’m David Keyes, founder of R for the Rest of Us. In addition to teaching evaluators and others to use R, I also do data visualization work. Before I learned R, I dabbled in data visualization. Now that I use R regularly, I produce a wide range of high-quality data visualization. R has totally transformed …
Hello! We are Piper Grandjean Targos and Devin Larsen of Ascending Edge Creative Evaluation (EdgeEval), and Kat Athanasiades and Albertina Lopez of the Center for Evaluation Innovation (CEI). Recently, we collaborated on a report benchmarking foundation evaluation practice. Rad Resource: Check out our hot-off-the-press report, Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices 2020. It offers a window into …
Hello AEA colleagues – Katherine Haugh and Jenny Nulty (Lyons) here. Back in November 2019, we led a session at AEA about using journey mapping as an evaluation tool. We were thrilled to see so much enthusiasm and curiosity about the topic, so below we’ve shared more information and tips for using journey mapping as …
Hello, my name is Stacy Leggett, and I am a professor at Western Kentucky University. I also serve on the Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teacher Effectiveness (CREATE) Board. I work with educational leaders primarily in Kentucky. In evaluating and writing reports to be posted on the web, I have learned some lessons …
CREATE Week: Creating Evaluation Reports that are 508 Compliant by Stacy Leggett Read More »
