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 […]
Articles
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…
Publishing for a tiny audience #web #doodle
When writing something for the web the tendency is to write for a general audience. The problem is that often times the posts end up too generic to be useful to anyone. A better approach, in my opinion, is to write each post for a tiny audience. A post you know will be useful to […]
Choropleth DC and Wyoming
Doesn't the word choropleth just roll off the tongue? Did you know that DC has about 50 grand more people living in its borders than Wyoming? Am I asking questions because I'm too lazy to write a better post to go along with this cartoon?
LinkedIn and Foundations
The idea for this cartoon came from an exchange I had with another evaluator. It's fun when robots make mistakes, like suggesting you join a group because a word can have more than one definition.