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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The risks of using choropleth maps
This blog post by Patricia Rogers looks at some of the risks of using choropleth maps.Mountain of Accountability: Pursuing mission through learning, exploration and development
This webpage from the Blandin Foundation outlines its Mountain of Accountability© which has three interconnected levels of accountability.National evaluation policy in Canada
This case study, prepared by Katerina Stolyarenko for the Parliamentary Forum for Development Evaluation outlines the process that was used to develop and implement a government-wide moPolítica de evaluación nacional en Sud África
Este estudio de caso ofrece un resumen del proceso de implementación de un sistema de monitoreo y evaluación a nivel de gobierno (GWM&ES) en Sudáfrica.Good Evaluation Questions: A Checklist to Help Focus Your Evaluation
This checklist, created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that can be used to assess the the quality of potential evaluation questions.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 evaluatSocial Networking: A Guide to Strengthening Civil Society Through Social Media
This guide, written by Tina Yesayan for USAID, outlines strategies to incorporate social media into the activities of civil society organizations (CSOs) to promote democracy, human rights,&Participatory Analysis: Expanding Stakeholder Involvement in Evaluation
This paper, written by Veena Pankaj, Myia Welsh, and Laura Ostenso for the Innovation Network uses the case studies of three organisations that have used participatory analysis to exChecklist for deciding to evaluate
This checklist from USAID is designed to allow the user to make a decision if and when they should evaluate a given project or program.What is a complex system and how is it different?
This video presentation from Chris Wood, Michael Quinn Patton and Ben Ramalingam for USAID looks at complex systems and how they are different from the norm.How do these conceptions of complexity help us think and act?
This is Part 2 of a three part series of video lectures conducted by USAID on complexity.What are the implications/opportunities for development practice?
This is Part 3 of a three part series of video lectures conducted by USAID on complexity.Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use
This video lecture from Michael Quinn Patton for My M&E focuses on evaluating interventions in complex dynamic environments by matching the evaluation process and design to the nature of the si6 ideas for displaying qualitative data
This blog post from Ann K Emery looks at six different ways to display data to facilitate ease of reading and comprehension.Involving Children and Young People in Evaluation
This resource is designed to be used with children from 8 to 12 years of age aiming to introduce them to some ideas about evaluation and providing an opportunity for them to practise some of the skills needed for evaluation activities.Assessing Impact in Dynamic and Complex Environments: Systemic Action Research and Participatory Systemic Inquiry
This paper from Danny Burns for the Centre for Development Impact (CDI) focuses on using complexity and systems thinking to try and understand how change happens.More or less global citizenship? When measuring becomes learning
This paper, written by Jan van Ongevalle and Christine Carabain for NCDO looks at the action research conducted by four Dutch organisations active in promoting global citizenship analysiConducting an In-depth Interview
This guide, written by Lisa A. Guion, David C. Diehl, and Debra McDonald for the University of Florida, looks at strategies and techniques for conducting in-depth interviews.Designing for Action: Principles of Effective Sustainability Measurement
This report from the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Measuring Sustainability provides detailed guidance for decision makers on measuring for effective sustainability.Rainbow framework: Brief overview
This tool can help you to plan an evaluation by prompting you to think about a series of key questions.Measures of Central Tendency - Laerd Statistics
This webpage gives a concise and easy to follow explanation of the differences between the measures of central tendency, and when each is appropriate to use. It covers the mean, median and mode.Open Learning Initiative: Probability and Statistics Course
This free, online course run by the Open Learning Initiative takes students through the basics of statistics and probability.Video: Framework analysis in NVivo
This video is a detailed guide on how to conduct framework analysis using a matrix in the qualitative data analysis software NVivo.Approaches to working with framework matrices (NVivo 10)
This NVivo 10 help file walks readers through the process of creating and using framework matrices in NVivo for the analysis of qualitative data.Use NVivo framework matrices to summarize small and large data sets
In this blog post for the NVivo blog, Meg Callanan discusses her experiences using the NVivo framework matrices function with both small and large data sets.Interpreting correlations: An interactive visualization
This interactive graphic created by Kristoffer Magnusson graphically illustrates the principles of9 free books for learning data mining & data analysis
This list compiled by Alex Ivanovs brings together a range of books aimed at both beginners and those who are looking to fill in gaps in their knowledge.Designing the face-to-face survey
This chapter by W. Lawrence Neuman gives a detailed overview to collection of questionnaire data through a face-to-face survey method.Emerging directions and challenges in survey methods
This slideshow, developed by Jolene Smyth for the The Evaluators Institute, looks at new ideas in survey design and also some of the issues that may be of concern when one is conducting a survey.Save the pies for dessert
This paper, written by Stephen Few of Perceptual Edge, presents a range of arguments on why you should not use pie charts.Guidelines for inception reports
This document, produced by UNESCO and the Internal Oversight Service Evaluation Section, provides guidelines for the creation of an inception report for UNESCO evaluations.