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Our last post in the Data Analysis for Nonprofits series talked about how to transition from measuring outputs to measuring results (or outcomes). The output vs. outcome decision is an easy one [...]

Data viz without statistical literacy is a problem.  Playing with data in order to learn the best practices in design of data visualization is great, but putting data viz out in public that looks [...]

Well, open data is really interesting in maps. (I like to think so, anyway.) And Open Data maps are common – they’re immediately recognizable, and if done well, instantly useful. But they [...]

Whoever said that projects get done “the easy way or the right way” could use an introduction to Open Data. Not only is it free to use and widely useful, it runs off programs and skill-sets that [...]

Interaction Effects are links between categories of info that can take data to the next level. And speaking of making the links: we need to interact more effectively with Interaction Effects. [...]

Smaller non-profits need not find Open Data overwhelming. ‘Open Data’ can seem to means ‘Big Data’: way out of the ballpark for small nonprofits. But that’s not so – Open Data can fit like [...]