Interpreting Data

Have you been asked to provide statistically significant outcome data for your organization? Have you been asked to develop, analyze, and interpret relevant data samples? Do you have questions about data analysis and interpretation?

Data analysis turns raw data into useful information.  Interpreting data adds meaning to information by making connections and comparisons.   This hands-on workshop will give you the understanding and tools to get from raw data to meaningful information.

Join us to learn the basics of data analysis and interpretation. This class will focus on types of data, types of analysis methods, the data collection planning process, and learning to communicate your data results.

As a result of this class, participants will be able to:

• Conduct basic qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• Provide basic data interpretation

Class size is limited, register early.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the data collection planning process
• Recognize the limitations and challenges with interpreting data
• Practice basic data interpretation

Level

Introductory

Audience

Program Managers, Executive Directors, Grant Writers and/or Managers and anyone responsible for reporting requirements.

Presenters

Barbra Portzline, Director of Organizational Development, Entereza, Inc.
With over 15 years of experience, Barbra is an established leader in program evaluation and organizational development.  Her clientele is diverse, ranging from government, education, health care, and community organizations to the corporate sector.  Barbra passionately believes in the benefits of evaluation and brings enthusiasm and dedication to each project she undertakes.  Barbra is the published author of several articles on evaluation including "Using Appreciative Inquiry to Develop a Training Evaluation System at Sandia National Laboratories", “Throwing a Curveball in the Game of Evaluation: Deception and the Misuse of Findings", and "An Evaluation of I Can Hope: Insights into Program Design and Implementation".  She teaches graduate level program evaluation at the University of New Mexico.

Elizabeth Benton, Entereza, Inc.
With over 5 years of experience in Learning and Development (L&D), Elizabeth has demonstrated her commitment to leadership development, training, and program sustainability for small and large nonprofits and businesses alike.  With significant experience in training, teaching and facilitation for the homeless youth population, nonprofit advocacy groups, and firms, Elizabeth has an insatiable love of learning that she seeks to share.  An ongoing facilitation activity has been with the National Issues Forum Institute, allowing her to conduct guided public deliberation forums on national issues in order to affect federal policy.  Elizabeth’s MBA is in Organizational Leadership, through which she has developed a passion for leadership change and the neuroscience of learning.  Most recently, she has been engaging in instructional design for government contracts.  Opportunities that will allow her to build skills in any of these areas will not only be welcomed, but taken with determination, hard work, and leadership.