Matching Indicators

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Matching Indicators Data
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Learning Objectives

• At the end of the session, participants should
  be able to
• Name different types of data
• Identify different sources of data
• Link indicators to data types sources

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Result, Data or Indicator?

• Result
• A statement that identifies what we hope to
  accomplish
• Data
• Gathered information to measure how well a
  program or activity accomplishes an intended
  result
• Indicator
• A statement that tells us what it is that will
  be measured to determine whether or not a result
  has been accomplished

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Indicators and Data

• They directly unambiguously measure results
• Indicators data must therefore be properly
  aligned

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Performance Data Sources

• Primary Data are collected directly by the
  program team (training attendance sheets, sales
  receipts, volume of cassava harvested).
• Secondary Data are gathered from sources outside
  of project (population statistics, national
  budget information, school registers, national
  health surveys).
• Proxy Data are data from indirect sources (e.g.,
  tin roof as a measure of family income) that
  substitute for primary data

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Performance Data Types 1

• Quantitative
• Capable of being measured or expressed in
  numerical terms
• Numbers of hectares, people
• Percentages rural/urban
• Ratios doctors to people, pupil per teacher

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Performance Data Types 2

• Qualitative
• Relating to or based on quality or character,
  often as opposed to size or quantity
• Question What did you think about the training
• Response I thought the training was very
  good.
• Words can create pictures of change
• The quality of Parliamentary debate has improved.
• Women report that it is becoming easier to get
  jobs that were once only available to men

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Sometimes, Qualitative Data. . .

• Can be transformed into numbers that represent
  words such as a rating scale
• Overall, how would rate the ART training?
• Very Good Not very Terrible
• good good
• ? ? ?
  ?

Indicator Number of people who rated the ART
training either very good or good 52
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Linking Results, Data and Indicators

• Performance Indicator
• Number of election officials trained
• Data
• Training attendance records
• Training materials

• Result
• Enhanced credibility of the electoral process

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Matching Indicators with Data 1

• Establish the data source
• Who do I need to talk to in order get this
  data?
• Primary data collection
• Methods instruments for collecting data
  (questionnaires, observation forms, training
  sign-in sheets)
• Secondary data
• consider the method of calculating the specific
  data point the sources of data

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Matching Indicators with Data 2

• Establish the data Type
• Quantitative
• Numbers
• Percentages
• Ratios
• Qualitative
• Milestones
• Rates

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Exercise 1 Linking Indicators with Data

• Read the scenario
• Note the target result
• Note the indicator(s)
• Identify the source and type of data needed
• Design a monitoring tool to capture the data
• Assess the tools developed by other groups