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Did you remember to interrogate your data? Here’s why you’ll want to.

Oct 5, 2020

Hey there, Deven here to chat with you about the importance of interrogating your data! In our experience this is a crucial prerequisite to data analysis and sense making but is often forgotten. The considerations below are a starting place as you build in strong data practices. After reading this, we hope you’ll consider building … more »

Data Collection Tools

Sep 2, 2020

Data collection [tools] is a necessary component of almost all the work we do. Sometimes this is as simple as the passive collection of feedback from project stakeholders, or as complex as comprehensive surveys or focus groups to understand program outcomes and impacts. Regardless of the context of our work together, you can count on … more »

Data Analysis

Sep 2, 2020

Every member of our core team has advanced statistical and analytical training and have applied these skills across a number of different research contexts. Although quantitative data analysis through both descriptive and inferential statistics is the more common and well-known application of these skills, our team also has significant experience handling very large sets of … more »

Strategic Planning

Sep 2, 2020

The Founders of Viable Insights had their professional start in the Planning, Assessment, Research & Quality office at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. While there as members of their Applied Research Center team, they had the opportunity to work closely with Rockstar institutional researchers that have spent more than 20 years refining a strategic planning process … more »