Before writing a report, it is best to first think about this population that will read it.
Who is the audience?
100
This is a geographic area with a high concentration of crime.
What is a hot spot?
100
Home to a major oil refinery, this Contra Costa city has twice the rate of asthma compared to the state average.
What is Richmond?
100
This chart is good for demonstrating magnitude by showing how small or large something is in relation to the total… and no, you cannot eat it.
What is a pie chart?
200
When you equate numbers or rates to something your audience can relate to, such as the number of people that can be seated in a sports stadium, you are using this figure of speech.
What is a metaphor?
200
Smaller than a ZIP code, this geographic area is related to a form we will out every 10 years.
What is a census tract?
200
Chief Probation Officers across California want to know if their public safety realignment plans are reducing this primary outcome measure?
What is recidivism?
200
Power Point slides should have no more than this number of bullet points, the same number of digits in a U.S. telephone number.
What is seven?
300
These short stories of client progress help to give meaning to quantitative results.
What are client vignettes?
300
This geographic information systems technique allows for multiple types of data to be presented in the same maps.
What are layers?
300
Seeing program results at the same time programs are being implemented means observing the data in this format…
What is in real time?
300
Performance metrics can be displayed in this user-friendly type of format, not to be confused with the front, interior console of a car.
What is a dashboard?
400
Before writing a report, it is best to first think about this population that will read it.
Who is the audience?
400
This unit of land area is a preferred methodology for calculating the density of fast food outlets in a geographic area.
What is a road mile?
400
Expressed as a percentage, this ratio compares the program effects with program inputs.
What is return on investment (ROI)?
400
When your data is full of outliers and the distribution is skewed, it is best to use this measure of central tendency.