how is research used to evaluate

Research is an integral part of the public and nonprofit sectors. Budget analysts use research to generate revenue forecasts. Management analysts use research to determine if a program is serving citizens effectively. In nonprofit organizations, development directors use research to identify potential donors. As you can see, research occurs every day in all public and nonprofit organizations.

Research used for evaluation is especially challenging in the public and nonprofit sectors. Unlike their counterparts in the private sector, public administrators implement programs that produce “soft” and intangible results. Imagine the situation of a school administrator who implements an after-school counseling program for at-risk youth. One of the “soft” results of this program may be an increase in the self-esteem of a student. Self-esteem is a difficult concept to measure and may be measured in a variety of ways.

Or, consider a nonprofit organization that develops a program to help recovering addicts obtain gainful employment. While the measurement of whether or not the individual obtained a job is rather tangible and obvious, the confidence the individual gains as a result of participating in the program is intangible and much more difficult to measure. In order to measure the more challenging intangible results administrators rely on research. It is imperative for administrators to know how to conduct research in order to evaluate programs so that they can promote the values of efficiency, effectiveness, individual rights, and social equity.

Please follow instructions:

The Assignment must be 1-1.5 pages and include:

  • select a public or nonprofit organization with which you are familiar or choose an organization from the Virtual Community of New Harbor, Delaware.
  • a description of how research and evaluation can be used by this organization.
  • Explain what program, problem, or policy could be addressed by research, and how this could benefit the organization.

You must use the required readings for at least one citation per paragraph.

Required readings will be provided and must be used!

  • Johnson, G. (2014). Research methods for public administrators (3rd ed.). Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe.
    • Chapter 1, “Introduction: Research Methods for Public Administrators” (pp. 3–16)
    • Chapter 2, “Basic Research Concepts” (pp. 17–33)
  • Hatry, H. P. (2013). Sorting the relationships among performance measurement, program evaluation, and performance management. New Directions for Evaluation, 2013(137),19–32.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
  • Litman, T. (2008). Evaluating research quality: Guidelines for scholarship. Victoria, British Columbia:Victoria Transport Quality Institute.
    Litman, T. (2012). Evaluating Research Quality Guidelines for Scholarship. Victoria Transport Policy Institute. Retrieved from http://www.vtpi.org/resqual.pdf Used with permission from Todd Litman.
  • Washington State Institute for Public Policy. (2004). Outcome of Washington state’s research-based programs for juvenile offenders. Retrieved from www.wsipp.wa.gov/ReportFile/852
  • Laureate Education (Producer). (2013c). Virtual community. [Multimedia file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

    Walden University has created a simulated Virtual Community known as New Harbor, Delaware. This Virtual Community is being used in various other courses and is being made available in this course as well. The Virtual Community consists of several organizations and individuals that may be useful in completing some of the assignments in this course. You may either use an organization that you are familiar with for the assignments in this course, or you may use an organization from the Virtual City.

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find an article 4

Please find an interesting and relevant article regarding immigration law or policy in the news and share it with the class. Be sure to attach the article to your post. Please do not just cut and paste the article. Describe the article in detail in your own words and add your thoughts/opinion regarding the article.

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mat 135 milestone 1 final project

Submit your proposed final paper topic for approval and the outline. The outline should provide an overview of the three strands (historical significance, mathematics, and real-world applications) of your topic. Use the Milestone 1 Final Topic Selection Rubric And Guidelines document when creating your outline.

Please see rubric for further and more descriptive instructions!

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Project Delievrables3:

Project WBS (MS Project Manager).

Attached is a flowchart indicator of the five phases in project lifecycle. Create the WBS of Initiation and Planning phases on Microsoft Project and identify the number of days each task will take (use your own estimation, i.e., the design phase takes 30 days to complete, the documentation is an ongoing task, and embedded with projects constraints, assumed risks, and members of the team assigned for each tasks. As the Project Manager, create names of people, (i.e., Robert Jones-Lead Developer, James Ford, CIO/Approving Officer, etc.) who will be assigned to perform each task in the WBS). Lastly, identify the deliverables and milestones dates for each task, i.e., preliminary schedule, estimated/initial cost, project charter, organizational structure. etc. so that these schedules are reflected on the Gantt Chart.

Download Project Management Processes.jpg

NOTE: Apply the Week 3 Agile scheduling and planning process in creating the WBS

https://hbr.org/2018/05/how-to-make-sure-agile-teams-can-work-together

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analytics for decision making 1

Question 1

In this assignment, you need to recommend an analytical solution to help an organisation in their digital transformation journey. In each question, you will be required to complete a set of activities that are related to the final transformation roadmap. Your report should have the following structure:

1. Executive summary

2. Current state of the organisation

3. Proposed initiative

4. Plans of action and criteria for success

Question 1

Based on an organisation of your choice (and this could be a fictitious organisation), think about an existing or a potential data mining project in the organisation and how it would assist managers and employees in terms of efficiency and productivity.

(a) Discuss a potential business objective and the data mining project that can help to meet this objective. The illustration (which should not exceed 250 words) should include the following:

(i) State the business and data mining objectives
(ii) Discuss the primary data mining technique(s) to be used
(iii) Explain how the project will help achieve the business objective (15 marks)

(b) Carefully study the current state of the organisation and identify two (2) limitations of the data mining project stated in Question 1(a). (10 marks)

(c) Discuss with details on one (1) possible way to overcome each of the limitations stated in Question 1(b). (20 marks)

Question 2

Consider the working environment that you have identified in Question 1. Identify two (2) organisational processes (some examples include marketing campaign and ticketing operation) that are related to the business objective stated in your answer to Question 1. Discuss how data analytics can be applied to meet the business objective. (Use up to 150 words per process.) (30 marks)

Question 3

Based on the details covered so far, answer the following questions:

ï‚· Who should be involved in implementing the proposed initiative, and what should the scope of their roles be?

ï‚· How does the proposed initiative help fulfil the business strategy and IT strategy?

ï‚· What are the possible technical considerations and requirements for implementation?

Give your recommendations in no more than 500 words.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Please read the question and requirement.

Your report should have the following structure:

1. Executive summary

2. Current state of the organisation

3. Proposed initiative

4. Plans of action and criteria for success

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Guidelines

These are the questions post to my lecturer. and its the guideline

Your Question: Can the business objective be generic? e.g. increasing sales

Business objectives are the specific and measurable results business units hope to maintain as their organization grows. A business objective is a measurable step employees take to achieve that goal. Goals are general while objectives are specific; business objectives provide picture of how it plans to achieve its goal. It also states how long it will take, and what resources are available to delivery outcomes.

Your Question: Is two data mining techniques ideal for this question? e.g. association and clustering

Discuss the primary data mining technique(s) to be used.

You may consider reading
SU3-6 : 2.2 Data Mining Techniques;
SU3-18 : Association Analysis Concepts;
SU4-2 : Clustering Concepts;
SU4-10 : Predictive Modelling Framework;
SU4-13 : Predictive Modelling: Decision Trees of Study Guide for reference to decide which are the primary data mining technique(s) applicable to be used for the selected potential business objective and the data mining project that can help to meet this objective.

Thank you. it is all in the Studyguide and ppt slide as attached.

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compare and contrast the philosophies of john muir and gifford pinchot

• Begin each writing assignment by identifying the question number you are answering followed by the actual question itself (in bold type).

• Use a standard essay format for responses to all questions (i.e., an introduction, middle paragraphs and conclusion).

• Responses must be typed double-spaced, using a standard font (i.e. Times New Roman) and 12 point type size.

Textbook: Essential Environment: The Science Behind the Stories 6th Edition, 2019

Author(s): Jay Withgott & Matthew Laposata

Publisher: Pearson

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200 word scientific journal discussion

I need this done in 200 words and the source journal article provided with the answer. Thank you.

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math assignments 2

Hello everyone,

I have the Differential equation (Math) assignments, If some one is interesting on it, please accept the assignment.

Thanks

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short discussion writeup

Attached the Text for Chapter 19 and Presentation Overview of Chapter 19.

Chapter 19 – Explains the impact of the global digital divide. According to the authors, countries that lag behind the rest of the world’s ICT capabilities encounter difficulties at various levels. Discuss specific areas, both within and outside, eGovernance, in which citizens living in a country that lags behind the rest of the world in ICT capacity are lacking. Include in your discussion quality of life, sustainability, safety, affluence, and any other areas that you find of interest. Use at least 8-10 sentences to discuss this topic.

As indicated above, discuss specific areas, both within and outside, eGovernance, in which citizens living in a country that lags behind the rest of the world in ICT capacity are lacking. Include in your discussion quality of life, sustainability, safety, affluence, and any other areas that you find of interest.

Use at least 8-10 sentences to discuss this topic.

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variables measurement and spss 7

Write a 1- to 2-page summary and include the following:

A description of what the each of the variables measure.

A description of the unit of analysis.

A description and explanation of the levels of measurement for each variable (i.e., nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio).

Explain how you might conceive these variables to be used to answer a social change question. What might be the implications for social change?

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