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Causal inference: Nuts and bolts
This PowerPoint presentation is an extensive guide to understanding causes in an evaluation and the difference its proper diagnosis has on the effectiveness and accuracy of an evaluation.Data collection methods for evaluation: Document review
This resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a brief guide to using document review as a data collection method for evaluation.Guide to influence matrix, a Tiny Tool
The influence matrix assists participants to examine the impact or outcome of changes in their community and examine the causes for change.Employing mixed methods in evaluation
These are the course notes for Jennifer Greene's 2007 workshop Employing mixed methods in evaluation presented at American Evaluation Association Summer Evaluation Institute in 2007.Defining theories of change
This review from CARE International UK looks at 19 peacebuilding projects in conflict-affected countries and finds that the articulation and review of theories of change has a wide range ofA practitioner's guide to developmental evaluation
This guidebook from J.W.ActKnowledge and Aspen Institute’s guided example: Theory of change
Drawing on the experience ActKnowledge and Aspen Institute had in evaluating the "Super Woman" Program, this guided example shows how to develop anAnalysis of covariance primer
This resource provides a detailed discussion, including examples, of the analysis of covariance. The information contained within this resource is for advanced users only.Four free coffee break demonstration recordings on international monitoring and evaluation
This blog post from Susan Kistler of the American Evaluation association (AEA) provides links to a series of webinars on different aspects of international monitoring and evaluation that were run as parPhotolanguage
Produced by the Change Agency, this resource gives a brief overview of the history, use and application of the photolanguage technique.UNESCO guidelines for follow-up to evaluation findings
This four-page paper provides an overview to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) procedures for evaluation follow up and a template for managers to detailDesigning and facilitating creative conversations & learning activities
This resource is a companion to The Barefoot Guide 2: Learning Practices in Organisations and Social Change, providing a practical support guide for designing and facilitating engaging and productive conversations and learning experiences.Planning a program evaluation
This guide from the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension is designed to support the planning of a program evaluation.A resource guide for hosting conversations that matter at The World Café
This resource provides a detailed guide to creating conversations and networks around shared interests using the World Cafe.FAO: Sampling in marketing research
This guide facilitates the decision about how to collect research data and how to select a sample of the population of interest so that it is truly representative.Observation in evaluation
In this document, Richard Krueger outlines some key ideas around using observation effectively in evaluation.Descriptive and multivariate statistics
In this chapter from Exploring Crime Analysis Readings on Essential Skills, the key principles of descriptive and multivariate statistics are demonstrated so as to provide practitioners with the basic foundations of researchAnalysing qualitative data
This guide describes a simple approach to analysing and interpreting qualitative data or content analysis.Seeking surprise: Rethinking monitoring for collective learning in rural resource management
This PhD thesis from Irene Guijt draws on her extensive knowledge and experience in the field of rural resource management in Brazil.Evaluation café
This web page, by Karsten Weitzenegger, provides a comprehensive guide to using evaluation or World Cafe as a method for stakeholders to evaluate a program in a workshop-style session.Sustainability-inclusive evaluation: Guidance for Global Affairs Canada to include consideration of the environment in all evaluations
This guide has been written to support the Evaluation Division of Global Affairs Canada to include consideration of the environment in every evaluation they commission, undertake, oversee, or are involved in.Making sense of evaluation: A handbook for everyone
This evaluation handbook, created by the Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unity (Superu), has been designed for those working in New Zealand's social sector who need to know more about how to measure and understand the effectiveness ofRecommendation of the Council on public policy evaluation
This recommendation on public policy evaluation, created by the OECD, encourages governments to institutionalise public policy evaluation across all government areas.Recommandation du Conseil sur l’évaluation des politiques publiques
Cette recommandation sur l'évaluation des politiques publiques, créée par l'OCDE, encourage les gouvernements à institutionnaliser l'évaluation des politiques publiques dans tous les domaines gouvernementaux.Ten steps to a results based monitoring and evaluation system. A handbook for development practitioners
This guide provides a ten-step model to help plan, design, and implement a results-based M&E system for good management in organisations working in the public sector.Guidance note: Best practice monitoring, evaluation and review
This guidance note outlines the components of monitoring, evaluation, and review, which the Treasury of the New Zealand Government considers foundational for all government policy initiatives related to creating, amending, or repealing primResponsible data governance for monitoring and evaluation in the African context
This two-part series from CLEAR-Anglophone Africa and MERL Tech covers both theoretical and practical aspects of responsible data governance in M&E.The evaluation of politics and the politics of evaluation
This paper, written by Chris Roche and Linda Kelly for the Development Leadership Program (DLP), argues for the use of a mixed methods approach to monitoring and evaluation of programs that 'work politicEvaluation questions
This site provides a step-by-step guide on how to identify appropriate questions for an evaluation.Como elaborar modelo lógico:roteiro para formular programas e organizar avaliação
Este documento apresenta uma descrição do modelo logico, sua aplicabilidade, e como desenvolver um modelo logico com a finalidade de aperfeiçoar programas e projetos.Handbook on monitoring and evaluating for results
This guide from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provides a detailed overview for using the UNDP evaluation framework in evaluations of UNDP projects and programs.Critical systems heuristics: The idea and practice of boundary critique
This chapter provides a detailed introduction to critical systems heuristics and the use of its central tool, boundary critique.