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Happy Thursday, AEA365 community! My name is Liz DiLuzio. When I’m not curating the blog, I can be found teaching anything from one-day workshops to semester-long courses on tons of topics related to data analysis.

A student of mine recently applied to a MEL position where the first round of the selection process was a practical timed exercise in Excel. She wanted to know, based on my experience in the field, what topics I thought she should review before completing this exercise.

How’s that for a fun question?

Here’s what I told her.

Hi, my name is Sonia Chen. I’m a Principal Research Advisor at the Ministry of Health in New Zealand. In the last five years, I have transitioned from being a researcher and evaluator to overseeing research projects as a research commissioner and contract manager for the New Zealand government.

A crucial aspect of my role involves reviewing draft research reports and associated materials. During the review process, I have noticed some common issues.

Sometimes assumptions were presented as facts, sometimes survey questions lack the needed depth to provide the specific knowledge needed, sometimes as interesting as the findings are there is a misalignment between research aims and findings, and sometimes reporting structure and presentation of results (especially tables and charts) needed to be rearranged to effectively deliver important insight.

My name is Jacqueline Chan and I am a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Evaluators (SFBAE) and the Vice President of Impact Strategies at United Way Bay Area. In addition to my role at the nonprofit, I taught EXTX 567: Using Data to Measure Equitable Impact at California State University East Bay. I’m excited to share with you some of the things I’ve learned about using data to drive equitable outcomes. Here’s an overview of key lessons learned, illustrated by the SparkPoint program.

I’m David Keyes, founder of R for the Rest of Us. Over the last five years, I’ve helped thousands of people use R, the tool for data analysis and visualization.  As someone who came from evaluation before focusing on teaching R, I’ve seen how it can improve the work of evaluators, especially when it comes …

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