# Problem Solving **URL:** https://community.weallcount.com/c/data-equity-problems/15.md [Latest](https://community.weallcount.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.weallcount.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.weallcount.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Problem Solving category](https://community.weallcount.com/t/about-the-problem-solving-category/27)
**Author:** [@Heather](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Heather)\ **Replies:** 0
Post your data equity problems here so that our team and our community can provide some solutions. No problem is too large or small to be discussed! Whether you are a data scientist, a student, an administrator, a donor… --- ## [Contradictions between data & lived experience](https://community.weallcount.com/t/contradictions-between-data-lived-experience/2994)
**Author:** [@Eugene](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Eugene)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/contradictions-between-data-lived-experience/2994 "2024-08-16T13:54:34Z")
Hello! I work for the NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene on the climate health and air quality teams, and my team is working on a project with an academic researcher about public perceptions relating to air quality. T… --- ## [Collecting demographics from clients in crisis](https://community.weallcount.com/t/collecting-demographics-from-clients-in-crisis/2696)
**Author:** [@SWESTHOF](https://community.weallcount.com/u/SWESTHOF)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/collecting-demographics-from-clients-in-crisis/2696 "2024-04-08T15:02:38Z")
I’m interning in a victims’ services role at an organization, and the staff have been hesitant to collect demographic data from the victims/survivors that they serve. However, they are hoping to operationalize the colle… --- ## [Making sense of 'self-describe' option in a race/ethnicity question](https://community.weallcount.com/t/making-sense-of-self-describe-option-in-a-race-ethnicity-question/2559)
**Author:** [@melyule](https://community.weallcount.com/u/melyule)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/making-sense-of-self-describe-option-in-a-race-ethnicity-question/2559 "2024-04-02T22:51:20Z")
Hi there, I work for a non-profit and we sometimes gather demographic data to understand who is showing up in programs and whether certain groups experience programs in different ways. When we ask community members abou… --- ## [Visualizing and describing under/over representation in a category](https://community.weallcount.com/t/visualizing-and-describing-under-over-representation-in-a-category/2678)
**Author:** [@RLoewen](https://community.weallcount.com/u/RLoewen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/visualizing-and-describing-under-over-representation-in-a-category/2678 "2024-03-25T18:30:38Z")
I have been looking at the article from the NYT: ‘Who Works From Home’ published March 08. In particular, I have been looking at this image (Graph is titled “Share of full remote and hybrid college-educated workers who … --- ## [How do we integrate Qualitative data into our data strategy &Infrastructure?](https://community.weallcount.com/t/how-do-we-integrate-qualitative-data-into-our-data-strategy-infrastructure/2612)
**Author:** [@Edwin.Nyasani](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Edwin.Nyasani)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/how-do-we-integrate-qualitative-data-into-our-data-strategy-infrastructure/2612 "2024-03-22T00:34:40Z")
Recently, I attended a meeting with our Data Management Advisory Team today. I am a member of the team. We were talking about Qualitative data. I must confess it was not very clear to me how this work would be integrated… --- ## [Georgia Tech Students Looking for Guidance](https://community.weallcount.com/t/georgia-tech-students-looking-for-guidance/2526)
**Author:** [@amutyala3](https://community.weallcount.com/u/amutyala3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/georgia-tech-students-looking-for-guidance/2526 "2024-02-13T14:21:20Z")
Hi! My name is Apuroop, I’m a senior at Georgia Tech, studying computer engineering. My friends and I are researching the use of graph theory to model the intersectionality of social issues, and we’re trying to explore t… --- ## [Hispanic/Latino Representation in Program Participant Data](https://community.weallcount.com/t/hispanic-latino-representation-in-program-participant-data/1126)
**Author:** [@bmgrow](https://community.weallcount.com/u/bmgrow)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/hispanic-latino-representation-in-program-participant-data/1126 "2023-03-02T17:41:26Z")
Good afternoon! I work at a United Way in Wisconsin, and help collect and analyze program data collection from our grant-funded partners. Currently, we collect demographic information using race and ethnicity categories … --- ## [Help Finding Vendors for Spanish-Speaking Participants](https://community.weallcount.com/t/help-finding-vendors-for-spanish-speaking-participants/1401)
**Author:** [@Alida](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Alida)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/help-finding-vendors-for-spanish-speaking-participants/1401 "2023-02-23T14:24:59Z")
Hello, I am trying to find a vendor that can recruit pregnant/recently pregnant/planning to be pregnant Spanish speakers for a text-based focus group. Since we will be showing materials in Spanish, we need recruits that… --- ## [Evaluating representation](https://community.weallcount.com/t/evaluating-representation/1335)
**Author:** [@kstenhoff](https://community.weallcount.com/u/kstenhoff)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/evaluating-representation/1335 "2023-02-21T19:59:40Z")
I am developing an evaluation plan for state efforts to support and expand community health work in community and clinical settings. Recruiting for this workforce usually prioritizes lived experience, a social work heart… --- ## [Metrics: Equity Centered and Culturally Responsive](https://community.weallcount.com/t/metrics-equity-centered-and-culturally-responsive/1155)
**Author:** [@planetcelia](https://community.weallcount.com/u/planetcelia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/metrics-equity-centered-and-culturally-responsive/1155 "2023-01-09T22:35:23Z")
I am working on a toolkit for libraries to evaluate library programming, purchasing, and services. One section pertains to creating metrics to measure desired outcomes. We will emphasize the importance of metrics that ar… --- ## [Presenting intersectional data](https://community.weallcount.com/t/presenting-intersectional-data/1032)
**Author:** [@Clare](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Clare)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/presenting-intersectional-data/1032 "2022-11-10T01:26:49Z")
Does anyone have any creative ideas on how to present intersectional data? Obviously there is the basic participant demographics table, choosing to disaggregate by 2 variables, as any more than that gets too complicated… --- ## [Indicators for creating collaborative and equitable decision making](https://community.weallcount.com/t/indicators-for-creating-collaborative-and-equitable-decision-making/611)
**Author:** [@edamelio](https://community.weallcount.com/u/edamelio)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/indicators-for-creating-collaborative-and-equitable-decision-making/611 "2022-10-27T13:57:50Z")
ISO suggestions or resources to review as my team and I develop ways to report on “collaborative and equitable decision making.” Initial ideas include: consistent attendance at meetings consistent participation (defin… --- ## [How to define a "representative sample" for community engagement?](https://community.weallcount.com/t/how-to-define-a-representative-sample-for-community-engagement/753)
**Author:** [@hannahre](https://community.weallcount.com/u/hannahre)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/how-to-define-a-representative-sample-for-community-engagement/753 "2022-09-01T18:23:03Z")
My office is hosting several community engagement events in partnership with other agencies in the late summer and fall, and we’re working on how to evaluate whether we’ve meaningfully represented different subgroups in … --- ## [How do you track psychographics in audiences?](https://community.weallcount.com/t/how-do-you-track-psychographics-in-audiences/770)
**Author:** [@mbopaiah](https://community.weallcount.com/u/mbopaiah)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/how-do-you-track-psychographics-in-audiences/770 "2022-06-22T21:54:41Z")
Hi All Count Friends! A client (a public media station) reached out to me because I made the case that one should be identifying target audiences by psychographics not demographics. They are now are using audience data … --- ## [Balancing privacy with sharing data with small cell sizes](https://community.weallcount.com/t/balancing-privacy-with-sharing-data-with-small-cell-sizes/666)
**Author:** [@Karendoug](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Karendoug)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/balancing-privacy-with-sharing-data-with-small-cell-sizes/666 "2022-05-11T15:45:46Z")
The EF+Math program strives to create powerful new learning systems to improve math and executive function skills for Black, Latinx, and students living in poverty. We have a strong commitment to equity throughout the pl…