Analysis and drafting.
WHERE IT HELPS
Summarising consultation responses at volume Identifying themes in submissions Drafting policy documents Producing plain-language versions Summarising evidence you gathered
FOR CONSULTATION ANALYSIS
A genuinely strong application. Large consultations produce thousands of responses that are frequently analysed superficially.
"Here are the responses. What themes appear, how frequently, and what are the main points of disagreement?"
WHAT TO VERIFY
That quoted examples appear in the responses That minority views are not lost in summarisation
THAT SECOND POINT
Summarisation emphasises the common. A small number of responses raising a serious point may disappear.
Ask explicitly for outlying and minority positions.
FOR EVIDENCE
Never accept generated statistics, studies or research findings.
Use real sources.
FOR DRAFTING
A starting structure, with the substance from your own analysis.
WHAT TO DOCUMENT
The method used to analyse responses, since that may be scrutinised.
