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Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference
This book offers a comprehensive exposition of modern analysis of causation.Criteria for assessing the evaluability of Theories of Change
This blog post by Rick Davies discusses the criteria identified to assess the evaluability of Theory of Change (ToC).Useful Tools for Engaging Young People in Participatory Evaluation
A toolkit developed as part of a formative evaluation by the UNICEF Regional Office of young people's participation in the CEE/CIS region in 2005.Children and participation: Research, monitoring and evaluation with children and young people
This resource provides an overview of good practice when involving children in research and evaluation, including a rationale for doing this, ethical issues to address and possible tools to use.Confirming and disconfirming cases
This overview from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides a definition and outline of the reasons for using the confirming and disconfirming option.Desperately seeking dissonance identifying the disconfirming case in qualitative evidence synthesis
This article from the Qualitative Health Research Journal outlines the research undertaken to discover how disconfirming cases are handled in reviews of qualitative research.Using wait list control groups in evaluation
This overview from the American Evaluation Association's AEA 365 blog page, provides an overview of using waitlist control groups.Convenience sampling
This overview from Laerd Dissertation provides an outline of using convenience sampling and provides an explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of using this option.Values and evaluation
This blog post from Benita Williams focuses on how our perspectives as an evaluator are heavily influenced by the values that we bring with us.Probability sample
This entry from the Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods provides a detailed overview of probability sampling and the different kinds of dePurposive sampling
This entry from the Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods provides a detailed overview of purposive sampling and how it cCommunity scoping
This webpage from Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP) provides an outline of the main ideas and processes involved in community scoping.Balochistan partnership for sustainable development
This report, written by Ali Channa for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), outlines a framework and action plan that aims to create effective, efficient, relevant and sustainable caChanging views on change: Participatory approaches to monitoring the environment
This paper, written by Joanne Abbot and Irene Guijt, reviews a range of approaches for participatory monitoring of the environment.Evaluating development activities: 12 lessons from the OECD DAC
Having a well-established evaluation system is one of the conditions of becoming a member of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee, and systems are assessed by the Network on Development Evaluation.Avaliar as atividades de desenvolvimento: 12 lições do CAD da OCDE
Esta brochura apresenta 12 lições importantes sobre a avaliação do desenvolvimento, baseadas na experiência dos membros da Rede de Avaliação do Desenvolvimento e das conclusões dos exames do CAD realizados entre 2009 e 2012 (para uma listaRethinking monitoring for collective learning in rural resource management
Drawing on the author's experience in rural resource management in Brazil this paper discusses the common misconceptions, potential and processes involved in Participatory Monitory and Evaluation (PM&E)Annual planning and review processes
This webpage, from the Queensland Department of Education, provides an overview of the annual review process.Advancing evaluation practices in philanthropy
This series of papers about evaluation practices in philanthropy was published as a sponsored supplement of the Stanford Social Innovation Review for the Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation.Contemporary thinking about causation in evaluation
This paper was produced following a discussion between Thomas Cook and Michael Scriven held at The Evaluation Center and Western Michigan University’s Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation program jointly hosted Evaluation Cafe´ event on contLessons learned using online survey software
This blog post from Susan Kristler provides on overview of the various strengths and weaknesses of using online survey software.What is meta-analysis?
This document explains the process and benefits of meta-analysis using the comparative analysis of different treatments as an example.40+ social media dashboard tools for tracking stuff
In this blog post, Barry Hurd proposes and answers a number of questions on the use of social media dashboard tools.Participatory evaluation of participatory research
This paper was presented by Dr.Appreciative inquiry principles: the anticipatory principle
This article, written by Emotional Intelligence Coach Andy Smith, describes the anticipatory principle which is one of the underpinnings of Appreciative Inquiry (AI).A Tale of Two Cultures: Qualitative and Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences
In this book, Gary Goertz and James Mahoney argue that qualitative and quantitative methods represent completely different cultures of practice and thought.Interview with Dr Howard White from 3ie on Impact Evaluation
This resource is a video of an interview with Dr Howard White, Executive Director of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie).Not everything that connects is a network
This background note from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) provides a detailed discussion of networks, including a broad definition and a description of their purpose and use.Reading Michael Quinn Patton
This blog posted on the Capturing Development Website offers an inviting overview and discussion of Developmental Evaluation as presented in Michael Quinn Patton's (2011) book DevDevelopmental evaluation: Perspectives from an internal vs. external evaluator
This is a podcast that offers an overview of the Developmental Evaluation approach according to the perspectives of an internal and an external evaluator.Developmental Evaluation in Practice: Lessons and Tips from an Evaluation of the Convergence Partnership
This session was posted by Kari Cruz in the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Public Library.Novices Evolving Evaluation Values Through Developmental Evaluation
This audio recording and slides are from a presentation given by David D Williams at the 2011 American Evaluation Conference.