Dec 02

Data analysis is a skill but it can me learned.

Why do we report?

• accountability
• organization evidence for decision makers (use headings). Organize data by question/topic not by instrument
  

There is no standard format for reporting except if there is.

If you are giving bad news there is a right and wrong way to do it. (Max Hall)

Sometime you need to write tailored reports for different stakeholders.

Your results will sometimes be mixed with the discussion.

The introduction and the conclusion are the most important. Make sure they are well polished.

Nov 20

He had a good table that had the following on the top:

Evaluation question
Which stakeholders?
What methods?
Rationale?
Timeline


If it is a true or false type of question then it is probably a qualitative question.

There also needs to be some sort of credibility checks on the methods.

It was also really interesting to hear all of the ways that his EMATH evaluation went wrong. It just emphasized how you need to be be flexible.