Four years ago, the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) began granting funds to help communities in Minnesota with the goal of making healthy choices be the easy choices.
July 24, 2013 - 7:46pm
June 21, 2013 - 1:45pm
Frequently, analysts or evaluators gather information of workers, children, programs, participants and so on, and subsequently realize that information is missing on some important variables for several respondents in the sample. For example, in a survey we have administered to artists in communities around the country, some artists choose not to report their interests in specific services or income level. Missing data is an issue in nearly every study, and the evaluator has to decide which methods are the most appropriate for dealing with this complex issue.
June 3, 2013 - 4:00pm
May 29, 2013 - 5:27pm
In the world of evaluation and research you are constantly making connections and collaborations with people from a multitude of backgrounds and locations. The challenge to find the stakeholder you are looking for, establish trust, and engage them to respond can be daunting. At the Improve Group we have established some practices that help 
May 29, 2013 - 5:26pm
The American Marketing Association defines market research as the process of using information to link the public to marketers. Investopedia says market research allows companies to better understand their target market and how they will respond to a product or service. Market research is traditionally seen as being used in the business sector.
April 25, 2013 - 1:09pm
Skills to Select the Right RFP
April 9, 2013 - 5:28pm
If you are dealing with very sensitive data, you have to think beyond your own data security systems and also carefully consider the tools you are using. Because of the move to cloud and web-based services, it is important to understand how your data is being kept and stored by outside parties.
March 20, 2013 - 3:44pm
Sometimes your ideas aren’t linear. They involve complex relationships, dependencies, etc.