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Using email interviews
This Realities toolkit on Email Interviews draws on the author's experience of using email interviews in a multi-method study of older music fans.Practical considerations for leading and working on a mixed methods project
This toolkit from Realities aims to support staff who lead or work on mixed options research projects to prepare for, design and carry out their projects.Using Walking Interviews
This toolkit discusses our experiences using walking interviews in outdoor urban environments, focusing on the practicalities of conducting these interviews and on ways of thinking about the data produced in the option, which we usedUsing blog analysis
This toolkit draws on experiences of a study in which blog analysis was used alongside interviews to explore young people’s representations of their gap year experiences.Using phone interviews
This toolkit explores the use of telephone interviews in qualitative research.Data and Information Visualization Throughout the Evaluation Life Cycle for Participatory Evaluation...
This slide show from a presentation given at the American Evaluation Association conference in 2011 by Johanna Morariu and Veena Pankaj looks at data and information visualisation and how itPreparing an Evaluation Statement of Work
This guide provides a series of tips on preparing an evaluation statement of work (SOW).Evaluation statements of work: Good practice examples
This document provides readers with “good practice” examples of the various elements of an evaluation Scope Of Work (SOW) according to USAID.Conducting mixed-method evaluations
This technical note from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) provides an overview of using a mixed-methods approach for evaluation.Using rapid appraisal methods
This guide examines the benefits and limitations of the rapid appraisal approach.Conducting key informant interviews
This USAID document advises how to conduct and apply the rapid appraisal technique known as key informant interviews.Using direct observation techniques
Direct observation techniques allow for a more systematic, structured process, using well-designed observation record forms.Constructing an evaluation report
This guide from USAID has been designed to provide guidance on how to construct evaluation reports.Selecting Performance Indicators
This paper from USAID is aimed at providing guidance on the selection of effective performance indicators.Baselines and targets
This guide defines baselines and targets and why they are both important.Data quality standards
This paper from USAID provides guidance for ensuring good data quality as a central part of establishing effective management systems.Conducting data quality assessments
This guide explains the purpose, standards and what is required for a data quality assessment.USAID Evaluation Policy Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
This document was created for USAID staff and intended to provide guidance to Operating Units (OU's)in the implementation of the USAID evaluationWading Through the Data Swamp: Program Evaluation 201
This website offers a self paced online module which examines alcohol and marijuana use case studies to produce descriptive statistics including the mean and standard deviationEvaluation Guidelines for Foreign Assistance
These guidelines from the Office of the Director of U.S.Evaluation Standards
These standards from the Office of the Director of U.S.Information Quality Guidelines
This brief from USAID outlines how staff must implement the US Government's Office of Management and Budget's Guidelines to ensure the objectivity, utilityHow to talk about climate change
This collection of resources - toolkit, short guide and cheat sheet - sets out the challenges of talking about climate change and presents effective strategies to address them.Framework for Assessing and Monitoring Forest Governance
The Framework outlined in this paper can be used to facilitate description, diagnosis, monitoring, assessment and reporting on the state of governance in a country’s forest sector.Policy Impact Toolkit
This toolkit from the International Initiative for Impact Evaluations (3ie) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is designed to support evaluators and reseUtilization-Focused Evaluation Curriculum
This webpage from Developing Evaluation Capacity in ICT4D (DECI) provides links to five learning modules which outline the basics of Utilization-Focussed evaluation plus two extra modules which are focused on ICT4D issues.Tips on producing institutional histories
Brief Summary: The main objective of an institutional history is to help scientists and their organizations learn, so it is important that they actively engage in the process.DECI Research Objectives
Developing Evaluation Capacity in ICT4D (DECI) is a program developed by the International Development research Centre (IDRC) to develop capacity in ICDT amongst IDRC partners through aShared measurement systems: A new approach to evaluating capacity development
This paper from Foundation Safety Group (FSG) outlines the process of using comparative performance systems to monitor and evaluate projects, programs and organisations.UNEG quality checklist for evaluation terms of reference and inception reports
This guide from the UNEG is a checklist designed to support UNEG members in the design and implementation of evaluations.Outcomes, impacts & causal attribution: Affordable, practical, feasible options for the real world
This slide show from Jane Davidson's presentation at the Auckland anzea symposium gives an overview of causation and modus operandi.Evaluating Development Co-Operation: Summary of Key Norms and Standards
Evaluating Development Co-Operation Summary of Key Norms and Standards is a set of core principles for evaluation of development assistance adopted by the OECD DAC in 1991 and are at the heart of the Evaluation Network's approach to ev