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IconArray.com
Iconarray.com is an online tool for effectively communicating risk in a pictograph form.A Tale of Two Cultures: Qualitative and Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences
In this book, Gary Goertz and James Mahoney argue that qualitative and quantitative methods represent completely different cultures of practice and thought.Open Data Kit (ODK)
A free and open-source set of software tools for collecting, managing, and using data in resource-constrained environments.EthnoCorder
This software, developed by Robot Blimp Industries, is a tool designed to allow users to conduct rich media surveys while in the field.Participatory monitoring, evaluation, reflection and learning for community-based adaptation manual
This manual from Care International, provides detailed guidance on the use of a Monitoring, Evaluation, Reflection & Learning (MERL) tool primarily intended to support adaptiveyEd Graph Editor
This tool, created by YWorks, allows the user to create diagrams using either imported or manually entered data.Interview with Dr Howard White from 3ie on Impact Evaluation
This resource is a video of an interview with Dr Howard White, Executive Director of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie).NodeXL
NodeXL for Microsoft® Excel® 2007 and 2010 is a free open-source template that makes it easy to explore network graphs.Gephi Software
Gephi is an open-source software package for visualizing and exploring networks and complex systemsGephi software can be used for:UCINET software
Ucinet 6 for Windows is a software package for analyzing and drawing social networks developed by Lin Freeman, Martin Everett and Steve Borgatti. This software is available for a free 90 day trial period.Not everything that connects is a network
This background note from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) provides a detailed discussion of networks, including a broad definition and a description of their purpose and use.NetDraw
Netdraw is a free Windows based program that can be used for visualizing social network data.InFlow 3.1
Inflow 3.1 is a software package that allows you to analyse network data and create visualisations of the results.Vischeck
This tool reproduces your images under various forms of colorblindness so you can better determine if your reporting will be readable to those who are colorblind.ColorBrewer 2.0
This online tool allows users to create colour schemes for maps and other graphics in order to show data that is readily readable.Reading Michael Quinn Patton
This blog posted on the Capturing Development Website offers an inviting overview and discussion of Developmental Evaluation as presented in Michael Quinn Patton's (2011) book&nbDevelopmental evaluation: Perspectives from an internal vs. external evaluator
This is a podcast that offers an overview of the Developmental Evaluation approach according to the perspectives of an internal and an external evaluator.Developmental Evaluation in Practice: Lessons and Tips from an Evaluation of the Convergence Partnership
This session was posted by Kari Cruz in the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Public Library.TheBrain
This software is designed to be used as a digital mind mapping tool in which ideas and thoughts can be interconnected and linked to any digital files that are stored on your computer or the web.TheBrain allows you to:Novices Evolving Evaluation Values Through Developmental Evaluation
This audio recording and slides are from a presentation given by David D Williams at the 2011 American Evaluation Conference.Grappling With Uncertainty in Innovative and Complex Settings: Weaving Quality in Developmental...
This PowerPoint, developed by Kataraina Pipi, Nan Wehipeihana and Kate McKegg as part of a presentation given at the American Evaluation Association conference 2010, looks at using development evaluation to focus on the process of moviTransforming Evaluation Practice to Support Social Innovation
"Developmental evaluation offers social innovators an approach to collecting strategically focused information in real time, on questions that matter, in contexts where programs or initiatives are not well-tested, and where the outcomes canAsking Compelling Questions in Gracious Space
This blog post from the Center For Ethical Leadership outlines the process for asking compelling questions that promote learning and leadership by defining what the question really meansHow Does Complexity Impact Evaluation?
This article from the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation is an introduction to the special edition focusing on the evaluation of complex interventions.Data cleaning: problems and current approaches
This paper from the University of Leipzig sets out to explain the main problems that data cleaning is able to correct and then provides an overview of the solutions that are availablCheck for accessibility issues
This webpage provides a guide to using Microsoft's Accessibility Checker in order to ensure Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents are accessible to those with disabilities.Paletton
Paletton (formerly Color Scheme Designer) is an application which enables you to design a colour scheme for your documents and presentation and then check it against an accessibility tool to ensure your colour scheme is accessible for thoseEvaluability assessment template
This template from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is designed to take the user through a step by step process of evaluability assessment.GovMetric
GovMetric (formerly Public Service Monitor) is a website that monitors the internet to identify the topics that are being discussed and evaluating the information in order to provide a snapshot of the views presented.Stakeholders’ interest in potential evaluation questions
This worksheet from Chapter 5 of the NationA move to more systematic and transparent approaches in qualitative evidence synthesis
This article form Qualitative Research provides an analysis and review of papers systematic and transparent approaches to qualitative evidence synthesis form 2005 - 2008.Review of the use of ‘Theory of Change’ in international development
This report from the UK Government's Department for International Development (DfID) reviews the use of theory of change in the international development field in order to learn and further br