Which kind of analysis should a stage-1 response choose?

Answer

The kind the decision needs, decided before analysing

Options - A. The kind the decision needs, decided before analysing - B. The kind that produces the largest number of figures - C. Whatever kind the available data happens to allow - D. Qualitative only, because this is not a numbers course Why - A. Correct — qualitative, simple quantitative, or both, chosen from what the decision turns on, with the reason stated. Lakeshore needs both. - B. More numbers is not more analysis. A decision that turns on staff impact needs a judgement, not a bigger table. - C. Choosing after seeing the data is how the easiest analysis becomes the analysis. The choice is made from the decision, before the data is opened. - D. Some case decisions turn on cost. A simple annual-cost comparison is quantitative and is exactly what Lakeshore needs alongside its judgements.

research §2 (indexed); Smith 11.1.2.5; Van Cleave 1.9; concept map D08, D09