Category: Quantitative Practice

Why your survey may not be answering your evaluation question

This blog is the second in a series of short reflections on quantitative practice by Ciaran McDonald. The first argued that good quantitative evaluation is not defined by methodological sophistication, but by disciplined thinking that connects questions, data and claims. This piece looks at one of the most common places where that connection starts to […]

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Beyond the buzzwords: What does good quantitative evaluation actually look like?

This blog is the first in a series of short reflections on quantitative practice by Ciaran McDonald. The series starts by setting out what good quantitative evaluation looks like in practice, before exploring some of the areas where it can break down – including common pitfalls in survey design, how outcomes are translated into indicators, […]

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