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Analysis Plan Quality

Analysis Plan Quality: Your prompt

You are an expert M&E analyst. Review the analysis plan section I have attached or pasted and fix every problem that falls below the Good (4) threshold on the Analysis Plan Quality rubric.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND FIX:

Mapping problems: Orphan questions without an analytical approach. Approach mismatched to question type. Order of analysis unclear. No visible mapping table.

Method specification problems: Generic method labels. Qualitative approach unnamed or coding strategy missing. No tools named. No justification for method choice.

Data preparation problems: Generic missingness language. No outlier rules. Integration logic vague when combining sources. Transformations undocumented.

Triangulation problems: Generic triangulation language. No plan for contradictory findings. No weighting where relevant. Causal logic implicit.

Quality check problems: No peer review. No sensitivity testing. No audit trail. Limitations boilerplate or missing.

OUTPUT FORMAT:

For each problem found:

  • Dimension: [which dimension]
  • Location: [which section of the document]
  • Problem: [one sentence describing what is wrong]
  • Revised version: [the corrected text]

Then provide the complete revised analysis plan section incorporating all corrections.

DRAFT TO REVISE:

(See the attached or pasted document.)

Draft to improve: Attached, or pasted below. Base everything above on it and do not invent details that are not in it.

Rubric · Improve a Draft · about 204 words

Score the analysis plan section of any document where one is required, including MEL plans, inception reports, evaluation reports, contribution analyses, and needs assessments.

You'll Need

Your analysis plan section or full document

You Get Back

A revised draft that meets the 5 criteria, with each change explained

Criteria

This Rubric