| Roundtable: Obtaining Parsimonious Data: Questions to Avoid Too Much Data |
| Roundtable Presentation 255 to be held in the Limestone Boardroom on Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM |
| Sponsored by the AEA Conference Committee |
| Presenter(s): |
| Michael Burke, RTI International, mburke@rti.org |
| Abstract: How much data is too much data? In this roundtable we will discuss questions and approaches that can be used to create an evaluation decision tree to obtain more parsimonious data. While the nature of each evaluation determines whether evaluation questions, stakeholder concerns, planning needs, or some other issue takes precedence, asking a series of questions can help evaluation planners and managers determine what data is essential and what data is nice but not really needed. Sharing this information with clients and staff helps to build common consensus as to where resources should be allocated. |