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Session Title: Ensuring Quality in Our Work: Techniques Used by Independent Consultants
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Multipaper Session 870 to be held in BOWIE A on Saturday, Nov 13, 2:50 PM to 4:20 PM
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Sponsored by the Independent Consulting TIG
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| Chair(s): |
| Susan M Wolfe,
Susan Wolfe and Associates LLC, susan.wolfe@susanwolfeandassociates.net
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| Discussant(s): |
| Michelle Baron,
The Evaluation Baron LLC, michelle@evaluationbaron.com
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Avoiding Getting in Over Your Head
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| Frederic Glantz, Kokopelli Associates LLC, fred@kokopelliassociates.com
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| Abstract:
Nobody likes to turn down potential contracts. However, this may be sometimes necessary to avoid getting in over your head. Most independent consultants are probably pretty good at assessing their pre-existing time commitments before taking on new work. However, experience has shown that sometimes independent consultants are ill equipped to conduct some aspects of a potential evaluation contract. While most evaluators tend to be quite comfortable with qualitative data collection and analysis, this is often not the case with survey research and quantitative analysis. Unfortunately, many independent evaluators don’t know what they don’t know. This session is designed to help independent evaluators do a self-assessment of their skill set in survey research and quantitative analysis, especially as it pertains to impact evaluation. Topics covered include selecting the appropriate design; determining appropriate sample sizes; and determining the appropriate analysis. Real world examples will be used as illustrations.
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