I am undecided on the best approach to take going forward as I can see good arguments on both sides. Ranking interventions in terms of cost-effectiveness makes ESH’s work more unique and practical.
Do both? And include brave, precise practical recommendations. Ranking solutions in terms of cost-effectiveness is riskier for you (you will be criticized more), but probably the most helpful for most of your audience. But effect sizes are nice to know too.
One of the greatest barriers to starting an important transformation is the practicalities (which of one 20+ group sessions in the gym should I sign up for?) Choice paralysis makes everything harder, it makes it hard just to start. For instance, I think that you bravely taking a stand on questions such as which group session I should go to (Zumba? Cardio combat? Indoor running?) would help me lot.
I like the following quote of Karolina Sarek: > What about a situation where your audience really wants an answer? Maybe they’re a funder who is thinking about funding a new project or organization. If you, as the researcher, do not draw conclusions from your own research, in a way you’re passing this responsibility through to your audience. And very often, the audience has less knowledge or time to explore all of the nuances of your research as a whole, and therefore could draw worse conclusions compared to those that you would.
So yeah, you’re passing on the cost-effectiveness research to people who know much less about the subject than you.
Do both? And include brave, precise practical recommendations. Ranking solutions in terms of cost-effectiveness is riskier for you (you will be criticized more), but probably the most helpful for most of your audience. But effect sizes are nice to know too.
One of the greatest barriers to starting an important transformation is the practicalities (which of one 20+ group sessions in the gym should I sign up for?) Choice paralysis makes everything harder, it makes it hard just to start. For instance, I think that you bravely taking a stand on questions such as which group session I should go to (Zumba? Cardio combat? Indoor running?) would help me lot.
I like the following quote of Karolina Sarek:
> What about a situation where your audience really wants an answer? Maybe they’re a funder who is thinking about funding a new project or organization. If you, as the researcher, do not draw conclusions from your own research, in a way you’re passing this responsibility through to your audience. And very often, the audience has less knowledge or time to explore all of the nuances of your research as a whole, and therefore could draw worse conclusions compared to those that you would.
So yeah, you’re passing on the cost-effectiveness research to people who know much less about the subject than you.