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Australian Data Archive
The Australian Data Archive provides facilities for collecting and archiving digital research data, which are then made available to secondary users and researchers.GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: Data archive
The GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Science's Data Archive focuses primarily on the processing and archiving of German and international comparative surveys in the fields of social and political science.UK Data Archive
The UK Data Archive is the UK's largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences and humanities.Real-time learning for social innovations: facilitating evaluation and strategy learning circles
This presentation, given by Carolyn Cohen for Matan/United Way Israel outlines the process for using Evaluation and Strategy Learning Circles.Estudio de casos
El estudio de casos tiene un potencial importante como método de investigación de la sociedad.Qualitative Methods in Rapid Turn-Around Health Services Research
This video presentation by Alison B. Hamilton for the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) focuses on qualitative study design, data collection, and fundamentals of data analysis.Case Study Research: Design and Methods (Applied Social Research Methods)
This book focuses by Robert K. Yin on case study design and analysis as a distinct research tool with wide applicability.Designing and Conducting Research With Online Interviews
This first chapter of Janet Salmons' book, Cases in Online Interview Research, provides guidance to designing and conducting online interviews for research.Gender inequality and you
This edition of Evaluation Matters, from the African Development Bank, provides a range of discussion and case studies covering the key question: Does evaluation matter for gender and gender mainstreamiUsing Visual Communication to Increase Evaluation Utilization
This blog post from Nate Wilairat for Evergreen Data provides a range of tips for increasing evaluation utilization through the use of visual communication.Showcasing key findings through excel charts
This webpage by Ann K Emery provides a number of short video tutorials for creating Excel charts that can be used for highlighting evaluation findings in reports.Before & after slides: stay on the side of simplicity
This blog post from Stephanie Evergreen highlights the steps that were taken to revise the some presentation slides showing data.Presenting Graphs with the Slow Reveal
This blog post by Stephanie Evergreen demonstrates how to ensure that presentation slides introduce the components of complex graphics one at a time.Evaluating Peacebuilding Activities in Settings of Conflict and Fragility
This guide from the OECD is aimed at improving program design, management and evaluation in areas of conflict and fragility.Conflict-sensitive monitoring and evaluation
This guide is Module 3 from Chapter 3 of Saferworld's resource packCase Study Research in Practice
This book, written by Helen Simons, guides the user in the design, implementation and communication of case study research.Young Lives Methods Guide: Introducing Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing
This guide describes how Young Lives, an international study of childhood poverty, used Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) in place of paper based questionnaires.Case selection techniques in Process-tracing and the implications of taking the study of causal mechanisms seriously
This paper by Derek Beach and Rasmus Brun Pedersen analyses the three variants of process tracing and goes on to develop guidelines for using each of them.Process-Tracing Methods: Foundations and Guidelines
In this book Derek Beach and Rasmus Brun Pedersen refine the definition of process tracing by breaking it into three different variants.Community Screenings for Participatory Video
This guide, written by Gareth Benest for InsightShare, provides advice running community screenings as part of a participatory video process.DFID’s Approach to Value for Money (VfM)
This guide from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) sets out the principles that are used to ensure value for money in DFIThe Big Push Forward
This website provides a range of resources and discussion about approaches for assessing transformative development processes.Measuring the Un-Measurable: Solutions to Measurement Challenges in Fragile and Conflict-affected Environments
This guide, written by Vanessa Corlazzoli and Jonathan White for the UK Department for International Development (DFID), was developed to impSystems-oriented evaluation
In this presentation, Dr. Beverly Parsons for The Evaluation Center, outlines a framework for developing a systems-oriented evaluation.Will that successful intervention over there get results over here?
This blog post and its associated replies, written by Jed Friedman for the World Bank, describes a process of using analytic methods to overcome some of the assumptions that must be made when extrapolating results from evaluations to other12 Valuable Tips for Using Wordle in the Classroom
This blog post from 21st Century Educational Technology and Learning outlines 12 tips for using Wordle in the classroomHow to geotag images
This blog post by Darren Rowse for Digital Photography School provides detailed guidance on geotagging images.Classification of Data
This webpage from the Geographic Information Technology Training Alliance (GITTA) looks at he process of classifying data in relation to mapping and cartography.How to Make a US County Thematic Map Using Free Tools
This tutorial by Nathan Yau for Flowing Data provides step-by-step guidance for producing a choropleth map by using free online tools.Faster choropleth maps with Microsoft Excel
This blog post by Robert Mundigl for Clearly and Simply provides detailed guidance on producing choropleth maps using Excel.Chart dos and don’ts
This webpage from the European Environmental Agency outlines 23 dos and don't for creating charts for presentations.Evaluation Flash Cards
This guide, developed by Michael Quinn Patton for the Otto Bremer Foundation, supports evaluators and organisations get the most our of evaluations by introducing and elaborating on core evaluation c