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  • Volunteer sampling

    In many research contexts, sampling simply involves asking for volunteers.
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  • Geo-tagging

    Geo-tagging is the process of adding geographic information about digital content, within “metadata” tags - including latitude and longitude coordinates, place names and/or other positional data.
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  • Six thinking hats

    The Six Thinking Hats method encourages participants to cycle through six different ways of thinking, using the metaphor of wearing different conceptual “hats”.
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  • Network diagram

    A network diagram uses a set of nodes and connecting lines to display of how people (or other elements) in a network are connected. It is usually a product of social network analysis.
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  • Realist synthesis

    A realist synthesis is the synthesis of a wide range of evidence that seeks to identify underlying causal mechanisms and explore how they work under what conditions, answering the question "what works for whom under what circumstances?" rat
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  • Vote counting

    Vote counting is a simple but limited method for synthesizing evidence from multiple evaluations and involves comparing the number of positive studies (studies showing benefit) with the number of negative studies (studies showing harm).
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  • Best evidence synthesis

    Best evidence synthesis is a synthesis that, like a realist synthesis, draws on a wide range of evidence (including single case studies) and explores the impact of context.
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  • World cafe

    The world café is a methodology for hosting group dialogue which emphasizes the power of simple conversation in considering relevant questions and themes.
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  • Cost-benefit analysis

    This method compares the total costs of a programme/project with its benefits, using a common metric (most commonly monetary units), which enables you to calculate the net cost or benefit associated with the programme. 
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  • Word cloud

    Word clouds or tag clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in a source text.
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  • Email questionnaires

    Email Questionnaires are surveys or questionnaires that are distributed online via email.
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  • Mentoring

    Mentoring is a process where people are able to share their professional and personal experiences in order to support their development and growth in all spheres of life.
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  • Data cleaning

    Data cleaning involves the detection and removal (or correction) of errors and inconsistencies in a data set or database due to data corruption or inaccurate entry. 
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  • Rubrics

    A rubric is a framework that sets out criteria and standards for different levels of performance and describes what performance would look like at each level.
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  • Hierarchical card sorting

    Hierarchical card sorting (HCS) is a participatory card sorting method designed to provide insight into how people categorise and rank different phenomena.
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  • Data party

    A data party is a time-limited event of several hours where diverse stakeholders come together to collectively analyse data that have been collected.
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  • Steering group

    Evaluation management often involves a steering group, which makes the decisions about the evaluation.
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  • Check intermediate outcomes

    Intermediate outcomes are identified in a logical model before the final impact. 
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  • Thematic coding

    Thematic coding is a form of qualitative analysis that involves recording or identifying passages of text or images that are linked by a common theme or idea allowing you to index the text into categories and therefore establish a “framewor
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  • Comparative case studies

    Comparative case studies can be useful to check variation in program implementation. 
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  • After action review

    The after action review (AAR) is a simple method for facilitating an assessment of organisational performance by bringing together a team to discuss a task, event, activity or project in an open and honest fashion.
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  • RAPID outcomes assessment

    RAPID outcome assessment (ROA) is a method to assess and map the contribution of a project’s actions on a particular change in policy or the policy environment.
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  • Episode studies

    Episode studies are an excellent way of investigating the influence of research on policy.
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  • Bar chart

    A bar chart plots the number of times a particular value or category occurs in a data set, with the length of the bar representing the number of observations with that score or in that category.
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  • Data mining

    Data mining is the systematic process of discovering patterns in data sets through the use of computer algorithms.
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  • Line graph

    A line graph is commonly used to display change over time as a series of data points connected by straight line segments on two axes.
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  • Demographic mapping

    Demographic mapping is a way of using GIS (global information system) mapping technology to show data on population characteristics by region or geographic area.
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  • Matrix chart

    A matrix chart shows relationships between two or more variables in a data set in grid format.
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  • Stacked graph

    Stacked graphs depict items stacked one on top (column) of the other or side-by-side (bar), differentiated by coloured bars or strips.
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  • Value for money

    Value for money is a term used in different ways, including as a synonym for cost-effectiveness, and as systematic approach to considering these issues throughout planning and implementation, not only in evaluation.
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  • Photography/Video recording for data collection

    This option uses a series of still photographs or videos taken over a period of time to discern changes taking place in the environment or activities of a community.
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  • Scatterplot

    A Scatterplot is used to display the relationship between two quantitative variables plotted along two axes. A series of dots represent the position of observations from the data set.
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