WHY EVIDENCE-BASED CHARITIES?
Monday, October 10, 2016 3:58
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Scientifically-based charities are best because:
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How to assess a charity
Just as with medicine and science, the way to prove a charity is through running studies and gaining objective evidence.
Of course, not just any study will do. Ideally studies should be:
✔ Peer reviewed
✔ Done by researchers who are not paid by the charity
✔ Statistically significant
✔ Conducted with a control group
✔ Having a large enough effect size
✔ Measuring the right things (e.g. measuring increased long term income, not website traffic)
✔ Including a randomly chosen sample
✔ Using objective measures (e.g. medical records rather than self-reported health assessments)
✔ Focused on the specific intervention in the particular country it was run
✔ Compiled from numerous sources, with several independent studies.
Of course, not just any study will do. Ideally studies should be:
✔ Peer reviewed
✔ Done by researchers who are not paid by the charity
✔ Statistically significant
✔ Conducted with a control group
✔ Having a large enough effect size
✔ Measuring the right things (e.g. measuring increased long term income, not website traffic)
✔ Including a randomly chosen sample
✔ Using objective measures (e.g. medical records rather than self-reported health assessments)
✔ Focused on the specific intervention in the particular country it was run
✔ Compiled from numerous sources, with several independent studies.
