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Rationalité, irrationalité, réalité: Le mariage difficile de la prise de décision et les données probantes
Ce webinaire organisé par l’Initiative mondiale pour l’évaluation (GEI) et le Centre d’apprentissage sur l’évaluation et les résultats pour l’Afrique francophone (CLEAR-FA) a exploré comment les décideurs politiques et les professionnels duEvaluation and Gender Equality: Why we need more feminist evaluations (Webinar)
This webinar explored the perspectives of four women who shared their organizations' experiences in making evaluations more influential in promoting gender equality.Participatory impact assessment: A design guide
This guide, written by Andy Catley, John Burns, Dawit Abebe, and Omeno Suji for Tufts' Feinstein International Center, provides a framework for practitioners to design and implement a Participatory Impact Assessment (PIA).Evaluation standards for Aotearoa New Zealand
ANZEA (Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association) has worked in partnership with SuPERU to develop a set of Aotearoa-specific Evaluation Standards that set out the expectations of the evaluation process, practices and products.Surveys in social research
This sixth edition of Surveys In Social Research by David de Vaus provides detailed guidance and advice on planning, conducting and analysing social surveys and emphasises the links between theory and research,Are you writing an evaluation report?
This South Australian Community Health Research Unit (SACHRU) paper describes the process for writing evaluation reports in the format of a template that can be adapted for use in any program context.Addressing attribution through contribution analysis: Using performance measures sensibly
This article from the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation outlines the key steps involved with using contribution analysis as a tool to discover the contribution a program has made to particular outcomes.Department of State program evaluation policy
This policy outlines the US Department of State's procedures for conducting evaluations covering the full evaluation cycle from purpose through to reporting.International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE)
The International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation is a network that brings together national and regional evaluation associations from around the world.Prosaic or profound? The adoption of systems ideas by impact evaluation
This article, written by Bob Williams, argues that the systems field may be able to address vulnerabilities of impact evaluation.Baseline basics
Baseline Basics is a short introduction to conducting a baseline study, focusing on the key concepts and practices, and pointing to additional resources for more detail.OXFAM policy on program evaluation
This policy from 2010 outlines the procedures and processes for conducting evaluations of Oxfam programs.Mentoring made easy
This guide from the NSW Premier's Office outlines the process and advantages of setting up a formal mentoring program in the workplace.Mentoring for the new millennium
This article outlines the rationale behind mentoring and argues that developing a formal mentoring program will lead to the development of a learning organisation.W.K. Kellogg Foundation logic model guide
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Guide shows how to develop a results chain model.W.K. Kellogg Foundation evaluation handbook
This handbook provides guidance for conducting and managing evaluations, including a conceptual framework for thinking about evaluation as a relevant and useful program tool.Gender analysis tools
The Gender Analysis Tool, produced by Global Affairs Canada (Formerly Canadian International Development Agency, CIDA), can be used for examining gendered roles and fUsing Excel for qualitative data analysis
This article, written by Susan Eliot for The Listening Resource, provides step-by-step guidance on using Excel as a tool to support the analysis of qualitative data for research or evaluation purposes.Coding part 2: Thematic coding
This video tutorial from Graham H Gibbs (2010) provides an overview of thematic coding and examples to demostrate how it is done and how codes can be applied to the data.The engagement toolkit
This toolkit offers an extensive but not exhaustive list of engagement methods that can be applied throughout different stages of the evaluation process.Coding part 1: Alan Bryman's 4 stages of qualitative analysis
In this web video, Graham R Gibbs provides an overview of qualitative analysis based on Alan Bryman's four stages of analysis.Indigenous evaluation framework: Telling our story in our place and time
This book discusses the efforts of American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) communities to reclaim and revitalize their education systems through tribally controlled colleges, universities, and K–12 schools.8 word cloud makers for teachers
This web page provides a number of suggestions for using word clouds and also provides links to 8 free Word Cloud makers.Evaluation for equitable development results
This document comprises a range of Evaluation Working Papers (EWP) focused on evaluation for equitable development.Werner Ulrich's home page
This website provides a variety of resources from Werner Ulrich's work in a range of philosophical and research areas with a particular focus on his own work in critical systems thinking and practice or Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH).Mini-primer of Critical Systems Heuristics
This short summary of Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) by Werner Ulrich gives an overview of what CSH is and how it can be applied.The rigor of case-based causal analysis: Busting myths through a demonstration
This paper focuses on the utilisation of case-based designs for conducting causal analysis and dispelling two misconceptions about their use in the context of evaluation.Structured literature reviews: Building transparency and trust in standards of reporting evidence
An overview of the use of structured literature reviews to promote greater reliability when using and reporting on evidence in evaluations.Poverty mapping: Innovative approaches to creating poverty maps with new data sources
This guide provides an overview of the use of both traditional and novel data sources in generating poverty maps and the related methodological implications.Designing and conducting health systems research projects: Sampling
Module 11 of a course book by the International Development Research Center (IDRC), outlines the process involved in applying different sampling techniques in research.Gender and evaluation international online community of practice
The Gender and Evaluation Community's objective is to bring knowledge building and knowledge sharing under one place, and to share the content and experiences of people involved in the network.The prose and cons of poetic representation in evaluation reporting
"[T]his article… make[s] a case for and demonstrate[s] the use of poetic transcription as one form of presenting evaluation findings." (MacNeil, 2000 p. 359)