I recently had the opportunity to hear Dr. Mark Lipsey, Director of the Peabody Research Institute at Vanderbilt University, speak at an Atlanta Area Evaluation Association event. One of the main themes in his talk was reconsidering the statistical decision criteria we use in evaluation. Today, the industry standard in evaluation, […]
Ajisafe
I recently started working with Atlanta-area Evaluation Association, my local AEA affiliate organization. I will be lending my technical skills to help maintain their website. If you are an evaluator and live anywhere near Atlanta, check out our upcoming events at http://www.atl-eval.org!
Web stuff with AaEA
Back when I was in college, I decided to attend graduate school in Social Psychology because I wanted to learn how to change people’s circumstances for the better. I learned that much of what we do and how we feel is influenced by our circumstances, and that we can therefore […]
Why I Love My Job
As you may know, my day job is providing evaluation services as President of Creative Research Solutions. One of the primary reasons I chose this career was because I wanted to work directly with people who can put good research to use. I want this blog to serve as another […]
Directed Attention and You
Hello, and welcome to The Creative Research Blog. This blog exists to provide new insights, evaluation advice, analysis of current research, and most importantly, discussion of how to make practical use of social science research. Over the next few days, I’ll begin with a look at some of my own […]