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Descriptive and multivariate statistics
In this chapter from Exploring Crime Analysis Readings on Essential Skills, the key principles of descriptive and multivariate statistics are demonstrated so as to provide practitioners with the basic foundations of researchThe National Centre for Text Mining
This website, produced by the National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM) provides a variety of valuable resources on text mining. These include a range of tools, tutorials and publications that cater forHow to do cross tabulations
This webpage provides basic instructions on doing cross tabulations effectively.Cross Tabulation: Quick Guide
This short YouTube video clealry explains the process for doing cross tabulations.Polldaddy Online Research Tool
Polldaddy allows you to create web-based polls, surveys and quizzes allowing the collection of data via a website or email.Getting started with computer-assisted qualitative data analysis
This chapter from Gibbs' (2007) Analyzing Qualitative Data, clearly describes the different options of using computers to assist with qualitative analysis and provides examples of the different types of software available to complete this tAnalysing qualitative data
This guide describes a simple approach to analysing and interpreting qualitative data or content analysis.Analyzing Qualitative Data for Evaluation
This guide describes the qualitative data analysis process, including sections on planning, analyzing, and advantages and disadvantages of this data.Seeking surprise: Rethinking monitoring for collective learning in rural resource management
This PhD thesis from Irene Guijt draws on her extensive knowledge and experience in the field of rural resource management in Brazil.NVivo 10: Getting Started
This guide provides an overview of installing and using NVivo and the steps involved with beginning a new project.Evaluation café
This web page, by Karsten Weitzenegger, provides a comprehensive guide to using evaluation or World Cafe as a method for stakeholders to evaluate a program in a workshop-style session.Choosing an evaluator: Matching project needs with evaluator skills and competencies (Principal Investigator's Guide)
Written by Mary Marcussen, this chapter from the online resource, Principal Investigator's Guide (produced by Informal Science), is about locating an evaluator well matched to your project needs.Health Policy Project: Strengthening capacity in policy, advocacy, governance, and finance: A facilitator guide for organizational capacity assessments
The resource, developed by the Health Policy Project, is a self-assessment tool designed to align with an organization's mission concerning health policy, though the tool is useful more broadly outside the health sector.Health Policy Project: Capacity development resource guides and competencies
The Health Policy Project's series of Capacity Development Resource Guides are focused on enhancing the abilities required to impact health policy through design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation, though many of the areas coverSustainability-inclusive evaluation: Guidance for Global Affairs Canada to include consideration of the environment in all evaluations
This guide has been written to support the Evaluation Division of Global Affairs Canada to include consideration of the environment in every evaluation they commission, undertake, oversee, or are involved in.Comparative study on the institutionalisation of evaluation in Europe and Latin America
This report aims to describe and analyze the development of public policy evaluation systems in European and Latin American countries, and identify factors that influence their proper implementation.Designing diagnostics in complexity: Measuring technical and contextual aspects in monitoring and evaluation systems
The article highlights the significance of reflecting on methods used in designing diagnostic tools for M&E systems and contributes to the broader debate on understanding and assessing M&E systems in their political and organizationThe government monitoring and evaluation system in India: A work in progress
This paper discusses the evolution of India’s approach to monitoring and evaluation of government programs.Diagnosing monitoring and evaluation capacity in Africa
This article aims to share lessons learned from adapting and implementing a range of global tools in an African context, and puts forward certain key criteria for a ‘Made in Africa’ tool to better understand M&E systems in the region.Making sense of evaluation: A handbook for everyone
This evaluation handbook, created by the Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unity (Superu), has been designed for those working in New Zealand's social sector who need to know more about how to measure and understand the effectiveness ofMonitoring and evaluation systems assessment tool and guide
The monitoring and evaluation systems assessment tool (M&ESAT) and guide were designed to provide a systematic approach for programs and local implementing partners to assess the functionality, effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses ofTips for developing good evaluation questions (for performance evaluations)
This resource provides principles, tips and examples to assist with the development of good evaluation questions.A study on the status of national evaluation policies and systems in the Asia Pacific region
This study documents the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in developing National Evaluation Policies and Systems (NEPS). Survey questions that were used as part of the assessment are included in the appendix.Conducting diagnoses of M&E systems and capacities
This note provides a guide to some of the topics and issues that need to be considered when undertaking a diagnosis of a country’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities.Professionalization of evaluation competency framework for evaluators
This competency framework is designed to assist with strengthening professionalisation of evaluation in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.National evaluation in the SDG era: An online self-assessment tool for national evaluation diagnostics and strategizing
This tool, developed by the Independent Evaluation Office of UNDP, provides a step-by-step mechanism to assess evaluation capacity, determine needs and establish action points for developing a country's framework for evaluation of nationalGender responsiveness diagnostic of national monitoring and evaluation systems – methodological reflections
This article reports on a diagnostic study carried out to understand the gender responsiveness of the national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems of Benin, South Africa and Uganda.Recommendation of the Council on public policy evaluation
This recommendation on public policy evaluation, created by the OECD, encourages governments to institutionalise public policy evaluation across all government areas.Recommandation du Conseil sur l’évaluation des politiques publiques
Cette recommandation sur l'évaluation des politiques publiques, créée par l'OCDE, encourage les gouvernements à institutionnaliser l'évaluation des politiques publiques dans tous les domaines gouvernementaux.Evaluation capacity development: A diagnostic guide and action framework
This guide is intended to help governments and development agencies develop a national or sectoral evaluation system by providing a detailed checklist of issues to consider for building a country's evaluation capacity.Key competencies for the monitoring function
This document sets out the functional competencies (skills, knowledge, attributes and behaviours) needed for effective monitoring.Country-led monitoring and evaluation systems: Better evidence, better policies, better development results
This book from UNICEF provides a number of chapters considering why country-led monitoring and evaluation systems are important and some best practice examples of how they have been used.