Qualitative data is based on opinions, feelings or viewpoints rather than hard facts or numbers. Qualitative indicators are non-numerical factors for determining level of progress towards a specific goal. Qualitative indicators can be defined as people’s judgements and perceptions about a subject, such as the confidence those people have in sewing machines as instruments of financial independence. Quantitative indicators can be defined as measure of quantity, such as the number of people who own sewing machines in a village. Answering these types of questions give us information that indicates whether our work is leading to the changes in people’s lives, power and rights that we want to achieve. Qualitative indicators are usually indicators of change (outcomes). Performance Indicators / Qualitative Indicators: Unemployment (By age, gender, Occupation)Ģ. The number of people attending a training Qualitative indicators, on the other hand, are expressed as either independent statements or as relative terms such as 'good,' 'better,' and 'best.'Įxamples of Quantitative Indicators can be: These can include whole numbers, decimals, ratios, fractions, percentages and monetary values - quantitative factors can always be expressed as a number. Quantitative indicators can be expressed in a number of ways, depending on the data involved and its use. That is why it is important to monitor both the implementation of our actions and the changes that we think are being produced as a result – positive or negative, intended or unintended. These types of indicators will help you to monitor whether you are doing what you planned (outputs) but do not give us an idea of the effect that is brought about by these outputs. Indicators that tell us whether the activities and actions we have planned are actually happening as intended are known as Output Indicators.

Quantitative Indicators / Output Indicators:

Qualitative Indicators (Outcome / Performance Indicators)ġ. Quantitative Indicators (Output Indicators) They provide the evidence that something has happened – whether an output delivered, an immediate effect occurred or a long-term change observed. Indicators usually describe observable changes or events which relate to the project intervention. An indicator is a tool to help you to know whether your work is making a difference. In project planning indicators form the link between theory and practice. They should be defined before the project starts, and allow us to monitor or evaluate whether a project does what it said it would do. Indicators are realistic and measurable criteria of project progress. Indicators are clues, signs or markers that measure one aspect of a program and show how close a program is to its desired path and outcomes.

State level food system indicators