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3/12/15

Fresh Evaluation Ideas for Spring

As an evaluator, it’s really easy to draft a thousand lines of questioning to capture every nuance in every conceivable outcome that might result from a particular program.  I want to know everything, and I want to understand everything deeply, and so do the organizations I work with. Yet collecting too much data burdens both […]

By Beth MulliganRead More

3/6/15

Brand Tracking for Sustained Growth

Surveys can be used to guide a plethora of business decisions.  If you’re considering launching a new product or service, a survey can help you get feedback on not only the product or service itself, but your messaging and collaterals as well.  If you’re looking to grow into a new market, a survey can help […]

By Matt HerndonRead More

3/4/15

Research To Do List

Recently, I came across this article about recommendations for the U.S. Census data. While I found the article interesting overall, I was really struck by this quote: “Meanwhile, the academy panel said, the job of producing more than 11 billion estimates a year from the survey is stretching the [U.S. Census] bureau’s capacity. The agency has […]

By Kate DarwentRead More

2/13/15

Is your Neighbor an Engineer?

While Kevin has an engineering degree, I do not—my degree is in social sciences.  After reading Kevin’s blogs about income patterns of folks with engineering degrees, I was inspired to take a fresh look at degrees from a spatial perspective. I wondered where engineers are most likely to live, where social scientists are likely to […]

By Matt BruceRead More

1/21/15

The Wages of Engineering Grads

In two previous blogs (Once an Engineer, Always an Engineer? & The Career Evolution of Engineers), we examined the long-term occupational patterns of people with engineering degrees, by looking at a sample of 1,250 Colorado residents who hold bachelor’s degrees in engineering. We saw that many people with engineering degrees do not actually become working engineers.  […]

By Kevin RainesRead More

1/14/15

The career evolution of engineers

In a previous blog, I examined the long-term occupational patterns of people with engineering degrees.  Looking at a sample of 1,250 Colorado residents who hold bachelor’s degrees in engineering, I examined their current occupations. Now, one might expect that career choices might grow more diverse with age.  My theory before examining the data was that younger […]

By Kevin RainesRead More