Category Archives: data analysis

Interpreting results: outputs & outcomes

Posted by David Henderson on June 30, 2010 in data analysis, evaluation, metrics

Yesterday Sean Stannard-Stockton put up an excellent post titled Getting Results: Outputs, Outcomes, and Impact explaining the difference between outputs, outcomes, and impact. Looking at each type of indicator separately, Sean writes: Outputs: These are the activities done by the nonprofit. The meals served by a soup kitchen are outputs. Outcomes: These are the observed effects [...]

At alleffective.org?

Posted by David Henderson on November 12, 2009 in data analysis, metrics, outcomes, social services

I’ve written extensively on how the social service sector needs to be more data driven, that data and outcomes analysis should drive what we do and how we do it.  This argument is not unique, pretty much everyone makes this argument.  The real question is how do we determine what is working, and what is [...]