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Terms of reference: Evaluation advisory group – clinical placement planning
This Terms of Reference from the Victorian Department of Health in Australia provides an example of the role, function and protocols of an Evaluation Advisory Group.Developing and Using an Evaluation Consultation Group
This guide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a detailed outline of the need for and the process of developing an Evaluation Consulting Group (ECG) or Advisory Group.Confirming and disconfirming cases
This overview from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides a definition and outline of the reasons for using the confirming and disconfirming option.Desperately seeking dissonance identifying the disconfirming case in qualitative evidence synthesis
This article from the Qualitative Health Research Journal outlines the research undertaken to discover how disconfirming cases are handled in reviews of qualitative research.Using wait list control groups in evaluation
This overview from the American Evaluation Association's AEA 365 blog page, provides an overview of using waitlist control groups.Convenience sampling
This overview from Laerd Dissertation provides an outline of using convenience sampling and provides an explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of using this option.Developing a logic model: Teaching and training guide
This guide from the University of Wisconsin-Extension provides a range of activities that introduce the reader to creating and using logic models.Identifying the intended user(s) and use(s) of an evaluation
This guideline from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) highlights the importance of identifying the primary intended user(s) and the intended use(s) of an evaluation and outlines a variety of methods that can be used to acEvaluation of the Aboriginal Research pilot program (Canada)
"The program had two main objectives: to facilitate research on a range of policy-related issues that are of concern to Canada's Aboriginal peoples, including urban issues, economic development, the environment, education, research ethics,Lifting the lens: developing a logic for a complicated policy
The impetus for this article comes from the authors’ experience of developing an intervention logic during a two-year evaluation of a complicated government policy.Creating program logic models
This book chapter identifies the basic elements of a program logic model.Causal loop diagrams: Little known analytical tool
Causal Loop Diagrams (CLD) is a tool used in system dynamics to develop an understanding of complex systems.Using Sensemaker to measure, learn and communicate about smallholder farmer inclusion
VECO, a Belgian NGO, describes the use of Sensemaker, a pattern detection software for analyzing 'micro-narratives, to measure the market inclusivity of smallholder farmers in Vietnam and Ecuador.Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming In UNDP
This report, from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), outlines the findings of an evaluation of gender mainstreaming in the UNDP in 2005.Evaluation and Gender Mainstreaming in the European Social Fund
This webpage from The European Community of Practice on Gender Mainstreaming (Gender-CoP) provides details, including copies of all presentations, from the Conference on Evaluation and Gender MainstreBuilding Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change
This video from the Center on the Developing Child demonstrates how a theory of change was developed for improving child outcomes through the development of adult capabilities.Impact Evaluation Databases: Can You Find What You’re Looking For?
This blog post from William Savedoff of the Center for Global Development provides a list of databases that can be used for finding impact evaluations, particularly those that include studies that attribJ-PAL South Asia webinar: Evaluation Methods
This webinar from Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia provides detailed discussion and examples of two evaluation methods: Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) and QuStakeholder Participation In Evaluation
This forum discussion from Ranjani.K.Murthy on the Gender and Evaluation website, analyses some of the difficulties and constraints that evaluators face in ensuring the participation of marginalisedValues and evaluation
This blog post from Benita Williams focuses on how our perspectives as an evaluator are heavily influenced by the values that we bring with us.Probability sample
This entry from the Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods provides a detailed overview of probability sampling and the different kinds of dePurposive sampling
This entry from the Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods provides a detailed overview of purposive sampling and how it cEquity in extractives: Stewarding Africa’s natural resources for all
This report from the Africa Progress Panel (APP) provides an analysis of Africa's natural resources and provides a series of recommendations and actions to ensure improvement in their use and development.Guidelines for applying multi-criteria analysis to the assessment of criteria and indicators
This guide from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has been written for those in the field who need clear and easy to follow instructions on the use of MCA.MailChimp
This tool allows the user to design email newsletters and then distribute and integrate them with their current social media and communication networks.Writing Guide for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
This tool from the US Department of Homeland Security provides step-by-step guidance for writing an MOU. It is laid out in template form with suggested headings for each section.Memorandum of understanding
This guide from the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) provides a template and examples for each section of an MOU.Community scoping
This webpage from Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP) provides an outline of the main ideas and processes involved in community scoping.Two sides of the evaluation coin
Unusually perhaps, this article is written jointly by the commissioner and the contractor of a recent evaluation. The process was rich, complex, at times difficult and a learning experience for all of us involved.Household Water Connections in Tangier, Morocco
In this study, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) used an encouragement randomized control trial (RCT) in order to gauge the effectiveness of a scheme to provide free loans forSmall Individual Loans and Mental Health in South Africa
In this evaluation, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) worked with an anonymous microfinance lender to identify 787 rejected loan applicants who had been deemed “potentially credRapid Rural Appraisal and Participatory Rural Appraisal Manual
The purpose of this manual is to familiarize users with RRA and PRA methods, to demonstrate the applicability of these methods to Catholic Relief Services (CRS) funded projects, and to encour