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Data & Evidence

From raw information to claims you can defend.

Understanding, preparing, analysing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative evidence.

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Why Data Cleaning Is a Research Decision, Not Just a Technical Task

What happens when the decisions we make before analysis change the evidence we eventually present? Imagine a researcher who has completed a survey of university students. The responses have been collected, the spreadsheet is ready, and the next step appears obvious: begin the analysis. But the dataset contains several problems. Some participants have left questions […]

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Description Is Not Interpretation: The Difference That Changes Data Analysis

Data analysis does not end when we describe a percentage, coefficient, theme or pattern. The harder—and more important—task is deciding what that evidence means, what it does not mean, and what we are justified in concluding from it.

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