Anyone can totally trash a boring bullet-point laden presentation slide deck. But it takes someone special to turn that boring slide deck into something sleek and noteworthy. Stephanie Evergreen, who led AEA’s potent presentations initiative, is one of those special people. I asked Stephanie about some of the common mistakes she sees on a regular […]
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Developing a Counterfactual, 5 illustrations
The idea for this post came from a tweet sent out by David Henderson a couple of weeks ago. Lack of data literacy is biggest barrier to #eval. Everyone in sector should know what a counterfactual is – yet many “evaluators” don’t. — David Henderson (@david_henderson) April 23, 2013 That sounded like a challenge. So I […]
Freshspectrum in the Wild, 12 illustrations
I've started work on a few cartoon collaborations. I find someone smarter than me with expertise in an interesting subject. We then work together on concepts for a string of cartoons on their subject. I really think you're going to like the posts but I'm not going to rush them out before they're ready. If […]
What is evaluation? 5 illustrations
So what is evaluation? Do you have a favorite definition? Is it the same definition used by your colleagues? How about your client’s definition? Definitions can be fun topics of discussion, especially when the definitions we hold close don’t match the definitions of those around us. About the illustrations So I’m trying a discussion-focused […]
Does it work? 5 illustrations on attribution
Does it work? It’s an easy question to answer when talking about the blender you picked up at a neighbor’s garage sale. The question’s just a bit tougher to answer when asked by a funding agency trying to save the world through a comprehensive intervention. “Does it Work?” is the kind of question that fuels […]
If heat maps could talk #dataviz
If heat maps could talk…