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Measuring Program Outcomes: Using Retrospective Pretest Methodology
The longitudinal data from 307 mothers was used in this study to evaluate the success of a child abuse prevention program.Leaving Wordle for Tagxedo
This blog, from Susan Kristler of the American Evaluation Association, describes the advantages of using Tagxedo over Wordle to present evaluation findings.What is a Scatterplot?
This website provides a tutorial on using and reading scatter plots and includes an oppotunity to test what you have learnt at the conclusion of the lesson.Pie charts
This web page from The Open University presents a detailed guide to creating pie charts in an easy to understand tutorial format which includes examples and activities.Planning a program evaluation
This guide from the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension is designed to support the planning of a program evaluation.A resource guide for hosting conversations that matter at The World Café
This resource provides a detailed guide to creating conversations and networks around shared interests using the World Cafe.The World Café in Singapore: Creating a learning culture through dialogue
"This article describes the range and spread of the World Café in Singapore as part of that nation’s effort to create a national learning culture and to transition from a top-down to a more open and inclusive society" (Tan & Brown, 2005Nature, distribution and evolution of poverty and inequality in Uganda
This report from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) analyses the incidence of poverty across Uganda between 1992 and 2002 to provide a picture of the changes that have taken place in thFAO: Sampling in marketing research
This guide facilitates the decision about how to collect research data and how to select a sample of the population of interest so that it is truly representative.Crowdmap
Crowdmap is an online tool designed by the creators of the Ushahidi tool. The tool allows you to create interactive maps or timelines from data collected from cell phones, news reports and the web.Extreme or deviant case sampling: an essential way to learn from both success and failure
This website blog explains the lessons that can be learned from extreme case sampling and why you should take notice of "outstanding successes" and "notable failures" especially when you have limited resources and time.Lovely Charts Tool
This chart drawing tool for the Apple ipad can be used to draw program logic models. Boxes and arrows of different shapes can be drawn by hand, enlarged, moved and edited easily. The final model can then be easily emailed.Mobile data collection systems a review of the current state of the field
This research provides a review of mobile data collection software systems, projects, and initiatives existing in 2011. "In order to accomplish this, NOMAD undertook the following tasks:Impact evaluation: How to institutionalize evaluation
This paper from the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) examines how institutionalised impact evaluation for social programs has led to better-informed policy.PhotoVoice: Participatory Photography for Social Change
PhotoVoice is an organisation which uses participatory photography to engage disadvantaged and marginalised communities by allowing them to represent themselves as they see themselves through photography and digital story telling options.Perceptions of hope and hopelessness among low-income African American adolescents
Dana Harley, (2011) in her dissertation, describes how PhotoVoice was used to explore the feelings of "hope and hopelessness among poor African American adolescents".See it Our Way Participatory photography as a tool for advocacy
This resource is designed to guide and support organisations who advocate for the rights of marginalsied people on the use of PhotoVoice to develop effective advocacy campaigns.Tips for Utilizing Photovoice with Children and Adolescents
This blog by Dana Harley provides some 'hot tips' and 'rad resources' for using PhotoVoice with children and adolescents.Observation as an evaluation technique
This web page from Evaluation Trust gives a clear overview of observation as an evaluation tool and includes tips on how it can be used effectively.Observation in evaluation
In this document, Richard Krueger outlines some key ideas around using observation effectively in evaluation.Parametric vs. non-parametric tests
This web page provides a table which demonstrates the various differences between parametric and non-parametric tests.Balsakhi Remedial Tutoring in Vadodara and Mumbai, India
This randomized control trial (RCT) from The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) used rotation design to evaluate the impact of a remedial tutoring program in India.Soft systems methodology: a thirty year retrospective
Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) can be used to gain understanding of complex relationship drive situations and their contexts.Keypad Technology and Experts
This blog entry provides a good overview of keypad technology and also provides links to some experts in this field.Audience response
This Wikipedia page provides a detailed discussion of using audience response units.System for Transformation and Results (STAR)
This resource is an overview of STAR (System for Transformation and Results) which is a system developed by Root Change to "produce data signatures for six performance “drivers”, capacities that wereOutcome Mapping: a realistic alternative for planning, monitoring and evaluation
This background note from Overseas Development Institute (ODI), gives an overview of Outcome Mapping (OM) which can be used as an approach to planning, monitoring, and evaluating social change initiativeDeveloping Capacity, Improving Performance
This paper discusses Pact's Organizational Performance Index which is used to analyse organisational change, particularly with regard to performance and the link between capacity development inputs anIntroduction to the Advocacy Core Capacity Assessment Tool
This paper provides an outline of TCC Group's Advocacy Core Capacity Assessment Tool which is used to gain an understanding of what capacity to build and how to measure it.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.