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European Commission - Terms of Reference Guide
This guide from the European Commission is designed to support staff in the development of Terms of Reference for evaluation reports.Indicators for monitoring the Millennium Development Goals
This publication contains complete and authoritative information on the concepts, definitions, implementation and sources of data for the 48 official Millennium Development Goals (MDG) indicators.USAID: Evaluation Policy
"This policy is intended to provide clarity to USAID staff, partners and stakeholders about the purposes of evaluation, the types of evaluations that are required and recommended, and the approach for conducting, disseminating and using evaAn introduction to the use of randomized control trials to evaluate development interventions
This guide provides a non-technical introduction to randomised controlled trials (RCTs).Selecting Impact/Outcome Evaluation Designs: A Decision-Making Table and Checklist Approach
This article from Paul Duignan is aimed at supporting evaluators decide which impact/outcome evaluation design is most appropriate to use.Development Impact Evaluation Initiative
This World Bank website provides links to a variety of briefs, conference papers, thematic programs and working papers on impact evaluation.Useful Tools for Engaging Young People in Participatory Evaluation
In this guide each tool is presented in a user-friendly format to enable the practitioner to easily put it to use.Focus Groups - People and Participation.net
This webpage from People and Participation.net gives an overview of the focus group process including providing a number of case studies demonstrating their use.World Cafe - People and Participation
This guide provides detailed information on how to effectively use The World Cafe. Additional information covers suitable participants, cost / time requirements and appropriate circumstances of use.Developing a logic model or theory of change, community toolbox, University of Kansas
This chapter from the University of Kansas Work Group for Community Health and Development 'Community Toolbox' contains a detailed overview of logic models and theory of change development relevant to the related construction of the realistParticipatory Mapping: An innovative sociological method
This toolkit from Real Life Methods provides an introduction to the use of participatory maps in researInformed consent in visual research
This toolkit from Real Life Methods provides tips and advice on seeking informed consent to use digital photographs of participants of a project.After the ethical approval form: Ethical considerations of working in research teams
Produced as part of the Realities "toolkit" series, this document highlights some of the issues around ethics within the research team and suggests some helpful approaches to ethical working relationships.Putting on an exhibition about your research
This toolkit from Real Life Methods is designed to support users to plan and hold an exhibition to disseminaUsing music elicitation to research people’s relationship with music
This toolkit describes the use of music elicitation in group research with Extreme Metal fans as a way of researching the music experiences and memories.Transcribing your own qualitative data
This toolkit deals with transcribing your own, or your team’s, data. If you are considering sending your data to somebody else or an external transcribing agency, see the toolkit on outsourcing transcribing.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.