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Perfect datasets don’t exist but cool tools do. Here are two I use.

Apr 18th, 2017

One component of my day-to-day is retrieving reports and turning them into something useful. Simple, right? Ha! I bet you laughed, too. Data comes in all shapes and sizes…in fact, … more »

I stopped blaming Excel for my basic data visualizations. Here’s when and why.

Apr 4th, 2017

Early last year I realized my research findings only meant something if I involved the right people. And, to do so required me to be a creative and adaptive evaluator. Around the same … more »

Basic to bomb column charts.

Apr 3rd, 2017

Let’s take a quick look at how a basic column chart in Excel can be turned into something you might want to look at. Enter your data into Excel Insert … more »

Can we talk about logic models?

Jan 16th, 2017

Over a year ago I had the pleasure of co-presenting on logic models to a group of individuals from non-profit organizations. The presentation included time to discuss the pros and … more »