Appendix B: Measurement Resources’ Measurement Culture Study Results

The Measurement Culture Survey Project was designed to examine the extent to which government and nonprofit organizations are embracing a measurement culture and to discover how such a culture impacts organizational outcomes. A strong measurement culture is defined by the extent to which an organization collects data and adopts a system for synthesizing, using, and communicating the collected data in daily management activities.

Two published articles influenced the design of the questions that appear on the final Measurement Culture Survey (Jo Ann Zimmerman and Bonnie Stevens, 2006, and Joanne Carman and Kimberly Fredericks, 2010). Items and questions gleaned from the results ...

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