Thursday, October 25, 2012

Data Will Always Give You the Wrong Answer (When You Ask the Wrong Question) | NTEN

Data Will Always Give You the Wrong Answer (When You Ask the Wrong Question) | NTEN: "How many hours did we get from volunteers?" is the wrong question, but sadly, it's the one on which the sector is currently focused. The right question is "What is the relationship between the number of hours of volunteer time that we consumed related to the value of what we accomplished?".

Consider the information below about a hypothetical nonprofit.

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