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I want to measure societal impacts of my initiative…
...at the individual level

Aggregate indicator title

Environmental knowledge 

Description

One's understanding of environmental processes and trends, and the influence of various factors on the planet 

Domain

Society

Qualitative/Quantitative

Quantitative

Primary/Secondary data

Primary data

Source of data

Participants

Time series

Yes, ex ante and ex post

Unit of measurement (observation)

Absolute values

Unit of analysis

Project

Analytical level (logic model)

Context, outcome, impact

Links with indicators in other domains

N/A

Data collection method(s)

Questionnaire shared with participants in CS projects

Multiple choice questions (some questions have more than one correct answer)

Data collection item(s)

A questionnaire- all items can be found here in the Appendix (Table 4) (Braun & Dierkes, 2017) - too elaborate to add here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11165-017-9658-7

Indicator building

Made up of three dimensions of environmental knowledge:

  • Action-related
  • System
  • Effectiveness
Availability of data

Low

Feasibility

Moderately resource demanding 

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