Siobhan McDonough, Writer
Linking from the IDinsight blog. By Siobhan McDonough, Pulkit Agarwal, Ritika Rastogi, and Karan Nagpal Our team piloted the Likert scale to address social biases potentially influencing participants’ answers. Summary IDinsight aims to use the right evidence tool in each context to find effective solutions to social challenges. We wanted to understand why people were engaging in open…
Every so often my peers from college reach out to me to find out how to join the international development sector. Or new development workers reach out wanting to know what to expect. Or recent grads reach out for general work/life tips “because I am entering [tech/finance] but don’t want to lose my soul”. I…
Linking from the IDinsight blog. By Siobhan McDonough, heather lanthorn, Kondwani-yobe Mumba, and Kevin Kelsey This post explores how IDinsight addressed the tendency of program staff to want their most successful participants surveyed. Introduction It can be a huge challenge identifying survey respondents in sparsely populated regions with limited information about where people live. This is especially the…