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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.The development and utility of a program theory: Lessons from an evaluation
This article, written by Tim Clement and Christine Bigby, looks at the use and development of program theory in human service organisations.Assessing the impact of humanitarian relief assistance – a challenge and an opportunity
This video lecture, by Jyotsna Puri for International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) highlights innovative uses of data and methods to overcome the challenges faced when conducting an evaluatiEliminating chartjunk
This slideshow from Scott St. George of the University of Minnesota, highlights the need to eliminate unwanted elements from graphs and charts.Monitoring & evaluation guidelines: How to manage an evaluation and disseminate its results
This document, produced by the United Nations World Food Programme's Office of Evaluation, lays out some general guidelines on the management of an evaluation and how to disseminate the evaluation's findings effectively to key stakeholders.Preparing an evaluation scope of work
This guide from USAID provides a range of tips and advice on the use of a scope of work.Gantt chart
Gantt charts allow you to plan and analyse more complex projects by giving you the ability to plan and schedule tasks, allocate resources and develop a critical pathway for project completion.How to design an M&E framework for a policy research project
This Methods Lab guidance note focuses on the designing and structuring of a monitoring and evaluation framework for policy research projecNPC's approach to developing an impact measurement framework
NPC's Four Pillars approach provides advice to charities and steps they should take to determine how to assess the difference they make. Contents Step one: Map your theory of changeStarting out on social return on investment (SROI)
This guide, created by Social Value UK (formerly SROI Network) in collaboration with Hall Aitken, is aimed at providing guidance to those who have neverA Guide to Organizing Writeshops
This paper, written by Julian F. Gonsalves and Ric Armonia, provides guidance on using writeshops to share field experiences.Introducing knowledge sharing methods and tools: a facilitator's guide
This guide, written by Allison Hewlitt and Lucie Lamoureux for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the International Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentMining of Massive Datasets
This book, written by Anand Rajaraman and Jeffrey David Ullman, is based on the Stanford University course Mining Massive Datasets.Lessons learned
This overview by Michael Quinn Patton and Ricardo A. Millett provides a definition and discussion of how lessons learned can be derived and from what sources.Lessons learned - CDC
This guide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides an overview and examples of best practice and activities for using lessons learned.Adding Value to Evaluations: Applying the Governmental Learning Spiral for Evaluation-Based Learning
This guide from the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank outlines the use of Governmental Learning Spiral as a concept for organizing evaluation-based learning.Reconstruction of Program Logic Models as an Essential Component of Program Evaluation
This presentation, given by Alexey Kuzmin at the AEA 2012 conference, outlines common problems with program logic models and provides suggestions on how to fix them during the evaluation.Using Phone Interviews
This guide, written by Annie Irvine for the National Centre for Research Methods at the University of Manchester examines the use of telephone interviews for research purposes.Using walking interviews
This guide, written by Andrew Clark and Nick Emmel for the National Centre for Research Methods at the University of Manchester, looks at the use of walking interviews in outdoor urban environments.Using email interviews
This guide, written by Lucy Gibson for the National Centre for Research Methods at the University of Manchester, looks at the use of email interviews in a qualitative, mixed method study.After the Ethical Approval Form: Ethical considerations of working in research teams
This guide, written by Hazel Burke for the National Centre for Research Methods at the University of Manchester, looks at the ethical considerations of research beyond the approval form.Participatory Mapping: An innovative sociological method
This guide, written by Nick Emmel for the National Centre for Research Methods at the University of Manchester, looks at the use of participatory social mapping to gain knowledge, understanding, and inteFour things policy-makers need to know about social media data and real time analytics.
This blog post by Ella McPherson for the London School of Economics and Political Science, Impact Blog looks at the lessons that can be learned from the ethical and methodological complications oBetter Strategies for Analyzing Narrative Data
This lecture, given by Reina Neufeldt for DME for Peace, looks at how interview data can be used more effectively to gain a more complex understanding of an intervention. The lecture also providesThe magenta book: Guidance for evaluation
This guide, from H M Treasury, is the central guidance for all UK government departments on evaluation.Palestra Michael Quinn Patton na Fundação Roberto Marinho
Pessoal, assistam o registro deste excepcional encontro - O VIDEO TEM LEGENDAS EM PORTUGUÊS. Nossos agradecimentos à Fundação Roberto Marinho pelo trabalho de edição e legenda! - PRIMEIRA PARTELos "efectos" en el trabajo de cooperación al desarrollo
¿Qué entiende MISEREOR por "efectos" en el trabajo de cooperación al desarrollo y cómo se pueden analizar los mismos?Métodos de análisis de los efectos
¿Cómo pueden las organizaciones contrapartes de MISEREOR integrar a las personas con quienes trabajan, en el monitoreo y la evaluación de un proyecto?Evaluating Complexity: Propositions for Improving Practice
This guide, written by Hallie Preskill, Srik Gopal with Katelyn Mack and Joelle Cook for FSG, is focused on bringing together knowledge of systems change, complexity, and evaluation in order to clarify andBuilding Blocks of Impact Evaluation
This video guide, produced by UNICEF, summarises the different elements of impact evaluation and options for planning and managing its various stages.