Common data analysis techniques

What do you want to do with the data?

As you look at the questions

on your evaluation instrument, Possible analysis
ask yourself: technique
Do you want to report how many individuals Count of answers for each
checked each answer? question/item

Do you want to report the proportion of Percentage

people who answered in a certain way?

Do you want to report the number of times A frequency

respondents answered a, b, or c?

Do you want to report the average number or Mean

score?

Do you want to report the middle value in a Median

range of values or scores?

Do you want to show the range in scores? Range

Do you want to compare one group to Cross tab

another?

Do you want to synthesize all comments from Content analysis

the open-ended questions?

Do you want to report changes from pre- to Change score

post-intervention?

Do you want to report how many people Compare to standard

reached a certain level?

From Building Capacity in Evaluating Outcomes, Unit 6 Handout 3.

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