The BetterEvaluation Resource Library contains hundreds of curated and co-created resources related to managing, conducting, using, and strengthening capacity for evaluation.
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Positive indicators of child well-being
This paper identifies a number of frameworks for positive indicator development which focus on the positive well-being of children.Cross tabulation
This webpage provides an overview of cross tabulation along with a number of examples and some quick tips to support its use.Causal inference: Nuts and bolts
This PowerPoint presentation is an extensive guide to understanding causes in an evaluation and the difference its proper diagnosis has on the effectiveness and accuracy of an evaluation.Data collection methods for evaluation: Document review
This resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a brief guide to using document review as a data collection method for evaluation.Guide to influence matrix, a Tiny Tool
The influence matrix assists participants to examine the impact or outcome of changes in their community and examine the causes for change.How to conduct your own annual review
This webpage outlines a clear and easy to understand process for conducting annual reviews.The outcomes star user guide
This user guide from Homeless Link provides an overview of using the Outcomes Star to allow vulnerable people to track the changes taking place to them in a number of key support areas.Employing mixed methods in evaluation
These are the course notes for Jennifer Greene's 2007 workshop Employing mixed methods in evaluation presented at American Evaluation Association Summer Evaluation Institute in 2007.Evaluation in family support services
This online guide, written by Robyn Parker and published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, aims to prompt family support service providers to think carefully and systematically about evaluaDefining theories of change
This review from CARE International UK looks at 19 peacebuilding projects in conflict-affected countries and finds that the articulation and review of theories of change has a wide range ofA practitioner's guide to developmental evaluation
This guidebook from J.W.ActKnowledge and Aspen Institute’s guided example: Theory of change
Drawing on the experience ActKnowledge and Aspen Institute had in evaluating the "Super Woman" Program, this guided example shows how to develop anAnalysis of covariance primer
This resource provides a detailed discussion, including examples, of the analysis of covariance. The information contained within this resource is for advanced users only.Four free coffee break demonstration recordings on international monitoring and evaluation
This blog post from Susan Kistler of the American Evaluation association (AEA) provides links to a series of webinars on different aspects of international monitoring and evaluation that were run as parPhotolanguage
Produced by the Change Agency, this resource gives a brief overview of the history, use and application of the photolanguage technique.UNESCO guidelines for follow-up to evaluation findings
This four-page paper provides an overview to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) procedures for evaluation follow up and a template for managers to detailDesigning and facilitating creative conversations & learning activities
This resource is a companion to The Barefoot Guide 2: Learning Practices in Organisations and Social Change, providing a practical support guide for designing and facilitating engaging and productive conversations and learning experiences.Dotmocracy.org
This site provides resources for Dotmocracy facilitators and more recent alternatives.Moving Beyond the Webinar: Four Approaches to Take Your Web Presentation to the Next Level
This blog post from freshspectrum argues that webinars as they are currently used are 'overrated' and therefore it outlines four alternatives that may be used in place of standard webinar presentationPresentation tips
This website provides a number of tips and tricks to help you create an engaging PowerPoint presentaion.The site also includes links to free downloadable guides that provide support in presenting to audiences.Seeing like a citizen: Participatory video and action research for citizen action
This article from Joanna Wheeler of the Institute of Development Studies outlines the uses of participatory video as a means to understand and reflect the lives and perspectives of the participants of a pDodging Bullets in Presentations
This presentation gives advice on how to construct and present engaging PowerPoint presentations.The premise behind this presentation is that PowerPoint presentations contain too many bullets and are too wordy.How to use PowerPoint
This blog post highlights many of the issues that cause presentations to lose focus and suggests some tips for improvement.Regression Discontinuity Designs in Economics
This paper from the Journal of Economic Literature outlines the main principles and uses of Regression Discontinuity (RD) designs in research.Regression Discontinuity Designs: A Guide to Practice
This paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) provides an outline of some of the practical issues around the implementation of Regression Discontinuity (RD) designs whilst reviewing someOptimal Bandwidth Choice for the Regression Discontinuity Estimator
This paper analyses regression discontinuity designs which can be used for the evaluation of development interventions. The specific focus of the investigation is the choice of the smoothing parameter that is used.Picturing Your Data is Better Than 1,000 Numbers: Data Visualization Techniques for Social Change
In this video of a session from the Nonprofit Technology Conference 2012, approaches to the use of data and informational visualization are demonstrated and discussed.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.