Analysis plan

1. Analysis plan Sub working group child Protection 10-11 Nov 2010

2. Analysis plan - principles Provides guidance on: what data to collect, how to collect them what types of analyses will be required to interpret them Guide which data should be collected from primary and which from secondary sources. The analysis plan is best developed at the beginning of an assessment, prior to designing questionnaires, checklists and other data collection tools

3. Analysis plan - Purpose Efficiency: It ensures that only useful information is collected. Time is not wasted in collection of information that will not help achieve the assessment objectives and will not be used. • Thoroughness: It ensures that all the necessary information is collected. • Feasibility: When all the information needs and available resources have been considered, it is possible to decide whether or not the assessment can be undertaken as initiallyplanned.

4. Analysis plan – Wrap up When designing the analysis plan, each of the Rapid Assessment objectives are considered with regard to the following questions: • What information is needed to meet the objective? • How can this information be collected? • From what source(s) can the information be collected?

5. Analysis plan - template

6. Data Analysis – Purposive sampling What matters is : What changes over time What differences exist between subgroups or places What stays the same when everything else changes What differences are bigger than the imprecision we have in measuring them

7. Data Analysis – Exercice Comment next graphs… What can you tell about them? What are the main information those graphs reflect?