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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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Guardian Datablog – data is nothing without analysis
David Brindle posted NCVO’s charity data to the Guardian’s Datablog on Valentine’s Day (gotta love a charity, right). The data are available by local authority. When the page loads correctly, you can click on the data table to sort the … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Journalism
Tagged charities, data, Government, Guardian
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