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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Who should be responsible for policy evaluation?
The Guardian has published a note by Nick Axford on when a charity might wish to carry out a randomised controlled trial. Axford works for a charity which promotes the use of evidence in designing services for children and families. … Continue reading
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Tagged charities, Government, longitudinal, regression to the mean, third sector, time
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First, select your cohort
The first of the national cohort studies, the one begun one week in March 1946 has been the subject of a series of Radio 4 interviews and a newspaper article this week. A cohort study follows a group of people (the cohort) … Continue reading
“…part of what I call the Big Society…”
The Prime Minister has gone and brought it up again. I confess that I’m a little slow off the mark, and this is actually from before Christmas (thank you to George Disney for pointing it out to me) but I … Continue reading