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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

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Dig Deeper and See Farther You may wonder how AI-driven analytics differ from the queries, dashboards, and statistical packages that have been around for some time now. Automating data exploration frees time to focus on higher-level analysis and interpretation of results. AI provides a satellite image of an entire data landscape.

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Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, was delighted when Darren Barefoot asked if he share a guest post about how to do audience analysis. Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for NGOS by Darren Barefoot. But not all kinds of audience analysis are evil. Note: This is an excerpt from our free e-book, The Noble Arsonist.

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Benetech’s Daniel Guzmán Publishes Account of Landmark Guatemalan Human Rights Case

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guzmán’s article, entitled Speaking Stats to Justice: Expert Testimony in a Guatemalan Human Rights Trial Based on Statistical Sampling , appears in the most recent issue of CHANCE, a quarterly journal published by the American Statistical Association. His family never stopped looking for him.

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3 Ways to Integrate Impact Management Practices in Your Organization

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Moreover, this work has been underfunded and its analysis happens often away from C-suite or Board discussions. Sometimes, third-party evaluation, which includes rigorous study design and statistical analysis, is required to properly understand a program’s impact. In other words, one size doesn’t fit all.

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Interning in Guatemala on the Archive Project

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A guest Beneblog by Max Schneider People don’t typically associate boisterous merengue music with high-tech statistical analysis. Then again, I shouldn’t have been surprised when I heard the playful notes of a street band wafting through the window while in Guatemala with Benetech's Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG).

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Testimony From Benetech’s Daniel Guzmán Helps Establish Legal Precedent and Convictions for Forced Disappearance in Guatemala

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I announced in this blog last month that judges in Guatemala had found two former police officers guilty in the 1984 forced disappearance of Guatemalan student and union leader Edgar Fernando García. Prosecutors announced that Benetech’s analysis of archive contents will be a key part of future investigations.

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Verdict in Guatemala Disappearance Case!

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Benetech Statistical Expert Testifies in Guatemala Disappearance Case The Benetech Human Rights Program uses cutting edge computing methods and statistical analysis to provide objective evidence of human rights violations.

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