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  • RapidMiner

    … RapidMiner is a software package that allows data mining, text mining and predictive analytics. The program allows the user to enter raw data, including databases and text, which is then …
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  • C4D: Synthesise

    … Rainbow Framework. These tasks involve bringing together data and evidence into an overall conclusion and judgement. … methods, advice and resources on bringing together data and findings. … C4D: Synthesise …
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)
  • Case Study Research in Practice

    … and Concept of Case Study Research Chapter 6: 'Whose Data Are They? Ethics in Case Study Research' Excerpt "My … ‘bounded system’, or ‘authenticated anecdote’. Subjective data are an integral part of the case. It is through analysis … It acknowledges that you are the main instrument in data gathering, interpretation and reporting. While this is …
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  • Evaluating the performance of an organisation

    …  This diagnostic tool can help organisations obtain useful data on their performance, identify important factors that … approach that draws on perceptions and secondary data (i.e., documents) to assess the performance of … opinions, preferences, beliefs, etc. These four data collection options can be used to triangulate information and …
    Theme
  • Before & after slides: stay on the side of simplicity

    … were taken to revise the some presentation slides showing data. Stephanie describes the process she used to create a … for the speaker while still clearly representing the data of the original slide. … Before & after slides: stay on …
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  • L’art de poser des questions efficaces: Catalyser les idées, l’innovation et l’action

    Cet article donne un aperçu sur la façon de structurer puissant, engageant des questions qui provoquent la pensée créative et des réponses valables.
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  • Scatterplot

    … of dots represent the position of observations from the data set. The independent variable is generally plotted along … of the relationship between two sets of continuous data. Scatterplots can visually show the strength of the … whether the slope is positive or negative); whether the data pattern is linear (straight) or nonlinear (curved); and …
    Method
  • Building Capacity To Use Research Evidence

    … individual and organisational barriers to using data and evidence, and work with local collaborating … Aggregating Evidence, Impact Evaluations, and Using Data Systems … Building Capacity To Use Research Evidence …
    GEI Training and Professional Development
  • Open Learning Initiative: Probability and Statistics Course

    … exercises with instructions on how to download the data sets and complete the problems in a variety of different … including R and SPSS. Syllabus     UNIT 1: Exploratory Data Analysis         Module 1: Examining Distributions     Module 2: Examining Relationships UNIT 2: Producing Data         Module 3: Sampling     Module 4: Designing …
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  • Retorno social de la inversión

    El Retorno Social de la Inversión (SROI, por sus siglas en inglés) es una forma sistemática de incorporar valores sociales, ambientales, económicos y de otro tipo en los procesos de toma de decisiones.
    Approach
  • Positive Deviance Initiative

    … Positive Deviance Initiative (PDI) offers a comprehensive collection of PD resources including case studies, guides, …
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  • Community fairs

    A community fair is an event organised within the local community with the aim of providing information about a project and raising awareness of relevant issues.
    Method
  • Knight lab - storytelling tools

    … creating highly interactive, beautiful representations of data. The suite includes JuxtaposeJS, a tool for juxtaposing … timeline creator which beautifully integrates audio-visual data into its interactive format. The Knight-Lab Storytelling … timeline creator which beautifully integrates audio-visual data into its interactive format Advice on each tool's page …
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  • Four steps: Social Network Analysis

    … the use of Node XL to do a social network analysis of data from twitter. This example draws on a dataset of tweets … network map in NodeXL: get NodeXL, open NodeXL, import data, and visualize. Contents … Four steps: Social Network …
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  • yEd Graph Editor

    … create diagrams using either imported or manually entered data. Automatic layout algorithms arrange even large data sets with just the press of a button. yEd is freely …
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  • Better Monitoring: Help us address the neglected ‘M’ in M&E

    Effective monitoring is essential for managing performance, however, despite this, monitoring is often undervalued and understood quite narrowly.
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  • Update August 2012

    …  This diagnostic tool can help organizations obtain useful data on their performance, identify important factors that … was seen as too limiting and misrepresentative of this collection so we have decided to change this to 'Option' …
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  • Vale Marie Gervais

    … paying attention to all stages of evaluation, not only to data collection and analysis. We discussed many times how we might …
    Blog
  • About the Ethical Protocol: Ethical evaluation practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings

    … government policy and program design, and re-use of data for public policy and clinical trials, among others.” …
    Framework/Guide
    Evaluation practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings
  • Doctorate in Educational Psychology, with Emphasisin Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics,and Assessment

    … modeling, factor analysis, causal analysis, categorical data analysis, research synthesis and meta-analysis, exploratory data analysis, model estimation, model goodness-of-fit … analysis, model selection, robust analysis, missing-data analysis, and research methods. In assessment, study …
    Academic Program
  • SAMEA knowledge compendium 2019

    … different M&E tools to insights on evaluative thinking and data-driven decision-making. It includes contributions from … trends in M&E, such as social network analysis and data visualization. The resource has content that will be … future How I became an evaluator Painting a picture with data viz The publication is the first of its kind from SAMEA, …
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  • Week 5: The top ten developments in qualitative evaluation over the last decade – part 2

    … : A high degree of Process Use Because qualitative data gathering methods and reporting approaches can be made … methods is on the validity and reliability of the data collection instruments and analytic procedures.  In …
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  • C4D: Participatory Matrix

    … Participation in the form of providing information/data is a fairly nominal form of participation, while at the … - potentially transformative) Stakeholder Sources of data/information Collectors of data Analysts of data Decision-makers about what to do with …
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)
  • Master of Arts in Education, concentration in Research and Evaluation Methodology

    … This program is designed to help students develop skills in data analysis, educational research design and evaluation … program find work as researchers, psychometricians, and data analysts in testing companies, research and evaluation …
    Academic Program
  • Doctorate in Research and Evaluation Methodology, with Quantitative Methods Specialization

    … This program is designed to help students develop skills in data analysis, educational research design and evaluation … program find work as researchers, psychometricians, and data analysts in testing companies, research and evaluation …
    Academic Program
  • Better ways of choosing and using metrics in evaluation of impact investing

    … without advice from people with expertise in measurement, data collection or data use.  This can lead to metrics that can be unfeasible, …
    Blog
  • ColorBrewer 2.0

    … schemes for maps and other graphics in order to show data that is readily readable. It is possible to create maps using up to 12 different data classes which can be sequential, divergent or …
    Resource
  • Goal Attainment Scales

    … a method that can be used as a means of measuring outcome data from different contexts set out on a 5 point scale of -2 to +2. It enables the data to be placed on a quantitative measurement scale thus …
    Method
  • Eval C3

    … the user to work through a series of relatively simple data analyses, organised into a simple workflow, with a data set that is of interest to them. It is available for … analysis process begins with the pasting in of a copy of a data set that has cases as rows and columns as attributes of …
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  • How to Make a US County Thematic Map Using Free Tools

    … This tutorial by Nathan Yau for Flowing Data  provides step-by-step guidance for producing … this process. Contents Step 1. Prepare county-specific data Step 2. Get the blank map Step 3. Open the SVG file in a … 5. Import necessary modules Step 6. Read in unemployment data with Python Step 7. Load county map Step 8. Parse it …
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  • Confirming and disconfirming sampling

    … fieldwork stage of an evaluation. After gathering initial data, exploring the data and identifying patterns, the evaluator will start to …
    Method
  • 50 top tools for social media monitoring, analytics, and management

    … 50 different tools for gathering, analysing and reporting data about social media. Note: This article was published in … It is particularly focused on reporting on social media data as a planned outcome of an intervention. The list …
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