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    {"title" :"MCC Builds on Lessons Learned in Launch of Second Open Data Challenge","summary" : "The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)’s first open data challenge taught MCC some very valuable lessons in making its public data truly usable by the public. The challenges ask masters and PhD students to find creative ways to use MCC’s publicly-available evaluation data and provide new insights into its evaluation results. As the second challenge launches,","date" : "2016-03-25T10:00:16-04:00","date_modified" : "2024-04-02T09:45:13-04:00","authors" : {"elizabeth-zeitler" : "Elizabeth Zeitler"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/cm-topics-button-component/content/news/2016/03/2016-03-25-mcc-builds-on-lessons-learned-in-launch-of-second-open-data-challenge.md","slug" : "mcc-builds-on-lessons-learned-in-launch-of-second-open-data-challenge","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/cm-topics-button-component/2016/03/25/mcc-builds-on-lessons-learned-in-launch-of-second-open-data-challenge/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eThe Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)’s first open data challenge taught MCC some very valuable lessons in making its public data truly usable by the public. The challenges ask masters and PhD students to find creative ways to use MCC’s publicly-available evaluation data and provide new insights into its evaluation results. As the second challenge launches, MCC is building on these \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcc.gov/blog/entry/blog-030116-students-help-maximize-the-use-of-mcc-data\"\u003elessons learned\u003c/a\u003e from the first challenge:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudents are a prime audience for an open data challenge. They bring fresh eyes and an eagerness to engage with free, public data.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor open data to be most useful, MCC, independent evaluators, and MCC country partners need to consider the ultimate users of the data early in the process. What information does the public need to use the data well?\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere may be a trade-off between protecting the identity of respondents and fostering the usability of evaluation data. How do we make open data most usable by the public while still protecting respondents?\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunication between evaluators and students who seek to use the data can increase the quality of open data analysis. How can MCC best support collaboration between evaluators and students in a way that fosters productive debate?\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Challenge was created as a way to gain insight into MCC’s evaluation results and the efficacy of its programs to improve its work. The Challenge is a part of MCC’s commitment to encourage the use of its \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcc.gov/blog/entry/blog-030116-students-help-maximize-the-use-of-mcc-data\"\u003edata\u003c/a\u003e as a global public good that can drive development effectiveness beyond the agency. \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcc.gov/initiatives/initiative/open\"\u003eRead more\u003c/a\u003e about MCC’s efforts to create and use open data, including through an upcoming competition in Côte d’Ivoire, one of its partner countries.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2016/03/600-x-400-Millennium-Challenge-Corporation-MCC-Open-Data-Challenge-Twitter-image.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Open Data Challenge logo.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Open Data Challenge 2.0 is looking for up-to 7,000 word papers that find analysis of data available on the \u003ca href=\"https://data.mcc.gov/evaluations/index.php/catalog\"\u003eMCC Evaluation Catalog\u003c/a\u003e, in any of the following topics:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalysis that supports or challenges assumptions made in ex-ante economic rate of return estimates (all ERRs are available on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcc.gov/our-impact/err\"\u003eMCC public website\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalysis that supports or challenges results of independent evaluations (all final evaluation reports are published on the \u003ca href=\"https://data.mcc.gov/evaluations/index.php/catalog\"\u003eMCC Evaluation Catalog\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeeper dive analysis beyond the analysis presented in independent evaluator reports\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolicy relevant analysis, particularly on topics related to MCC priorities, such as gender and poverty-related analysis\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe competition abstracts are due in May 2016, final papers in January 2017 and awards will be presented in May 2017. You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcc.gov/news-and-events/feature/open-data-challenge\"\u003eread more about the announcement and instructions on how to submit\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Zeitler\u003c/strong\u003e is a Transportation Advisor and Open Data advocate at the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Division of Monitoring and Evaluation. She works to increase information access, use and learning for partner countries and for MCC as a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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