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The Survey Methods Workbook: From Design to Analysis
This book written by Alan Buckingham and Peter Saunders provides detailed guidance on the use of quantitative research methods from the initial planning phase through to carrying out the fieldwork and analysing the findings.Survey Research: The Basics
This guide by Keith F Punch focuses on developing a range of the skills and strategies needed for conducting small-scale quantitative surveys.Survey Research
This webpage, from the Research Methods Knowledge Base, focuses on the use of surveys in social research.The Survey Kit
The Survey Kit provides detailed guidance and advice on developing surveys with specific sections on different methods such as as interviews, focus groups, observational analysis, and content analysis.Evaluability assessment for impact evaluation
This document provides an overview of the utility of and specific guidance and a tool for implementing an evaluability assessment before an impact evaluation is undertaken.Choosing appropriate designs and methods for impact evaluation - Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science has commissioned this report to explore the challenges and document a range of possible approaches for the impact evaluations that the department conducts.Addressing gender in impact evaluation
“Gender affects everyone, all of the time.Dealing with complexity in development evaluation - A practical approach
This book offers practical guidance to policymakers, managers, and evaluation practitioners on how to design and implement complexity-responsive evaluations that can be undertaken in the real world of time, budget, data, and political constProgram Evaluation: a Plain English Guide
This 11-step guide defines program evaluation, what it is used for, the different types and when they should be used. Also covered is how to plan a program evaluation, monitor performance, communicate findings, deliver bad news, and put impCase Study Research: Design and Methods
Providing a complete portal to the world of case study research, the Fifth Edition of Robert K. Yin’s bestselling text offers comprehensive coverage of the design and use of the case study method as a valid research tool.Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures
'Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures' is an excellent resource for both academics and professionals who are conducting small to moderate sized surveys.What makes a popular science video on YouTube
This article by Dustin Welbourne and Will J Grant in The Conversation discusses ways to make a video about science popular and effective in its communication, highlighting a number of key features that are demonstrated through embedded examWISE: Web Interface for Statistics Education
WISE's website organises a large amount of statistics resources available on the web into one central place.How to manage gender-responsive evaluation
This handbook, produced by the Independent Evaluation Office for UN Women, is aimed at supporting those who are implementing gender-responsiveVisual research methods
This web page from Learn Higher provides links to a variety of resources on Image-based research.Image-based Research: A Sourcebook for Qualitative Researchers
This book by Jon Prosser explores the use of images in qualitative research. It looks at the theory and processes behind this approach and uses a range of detailed examples that demonstrate its use in the field.Qualitative comparative analysis – A rigorous qualitative method for assessing impact
This guide, written by Carrie Baptist and Barbara Befani for Coffey, provides an outline of the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCADeveloping a Well-Reasoned Response to a Moral Problem in Scientific Research
This article analyses a process for developing a reasoned response to moral or ethical problems.Beyond informed consent: how is it possible to ethically evaluate Indigenous programs?
This paper from the North Australia Research Unit (NARU) of the Australian National University (ANU) analyses the ethical considerations of evaluating indigenous proUtilization-Focused Evaluation for Agricultural Innovation
Drawn from Michael Quinn Patton's book Utilization-focused evaluation, this paper introduces this approach to evaluatUtilisation-focused evaluation (U-FE) checklist
Composed by Michael Quinn Patton in 2002 and updated in 2013, this is a comprehensive checklist for undertaking a utilisation-focused evaluation.Utilization-Focused Evaluation: 4th edition
Useful for practitioners and students alike this book is both theoretical and practical. Features include follow-up exercises at the end of each chapter and a utilization-focused evaluation checklist.Essentials of Utilization-Focused evaluation: A Primer
Drawing on Michael Quinn Patton's best-selling Utilization-Focused Evaluation, this book provides an overall framework and essHow can research organizations more effectively transfer research knowledge to decision makers?
This article from the Milbank Quarterly outlines an organisational framework for knowledge transfer which is aimed at ensuring research on health care is disseminaPurposeful program theory: Effective use of theories of change and logic models
This book, by Sue Funnell and Patricia Rogers, discusses ways of developing, representing and using programme theory and theories of change in different ways to suit the particular situation.Partnerships for Environmental Public Health: Evaluation Metrics Manual
This manual from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is aimed at providing program staff and grantees examples of tangible metrics that can be used in the planning, implemeCausal criteria methods manual
This manual details the 8-step causal criteria framework, a method that can be used to integrate information from different data sources.Looking back, moving forward: Sida evaluation manual
This manual from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) is aimed at supporting staff in conducting evaluations of development interventions.Overview of the design process for mixed method evaluations
This chapter from the National Science Foundation's User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations provides an overview of the design process for mixed method evaluations.Danida Evaluation Guidelines
This guide from DANIDA aims to provide detailed assistance and guidelines for staff undertaking evaluations for the Danish Development Cooperation.Logic models: Better thinking for better results
This paper from Wilder Research provides advice and a step-by-step process fro creating logic models.How to build a logic model
This paper from Wilder Research provides a detailed explanation for building high quality logic models in four steps.