This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: You’ve got your evaluation plan; you’ve developed your data collection tools and you’re ready to go live with collecting the data you need to answer your evaluation questions. Step 1: Identify your sample. Step 2. Recruitment. But how […]
Implementation Science: The Best Thing You’ve Never Heard of as an Evaluator
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Much like you could argue that research and evaluation are related, perhaps members of the same family tree, I like to think of Implementation Science as a distant cousin of evaluation; one that comes for a really fantastic […]
Incentives for participation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. I’ve been thinking recently about bias in evaluation methodology. There’s so many different types of bias it’s hard to keep them all straight, never mind mitigating them all! One particular area has me interested: What bias does offering an incentive to participate introduce? […]
How do I use the Kirkpatrick Model in Evaluation?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Kirkpatrick is probably one of those names/methods you’ve heard about in your evaluation career, but have you ever used it? I’m surprised how many evaluators I talk to that haven’t because I find it pretty useful and straightforward with tonnes of resources to […]
What program managers need to share with their new evaluators
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Evaluators – this one’s not for you, but maybe you can share it with some clients! As a program manager or project lead, you may find yourself needing an evaluator. How do you get that evaluator oriented to the project? What information do […]
What’s the difference between goal and objective? The most confusing evaluation jargon
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. I’ve had many experiences collaborating with other evaluators, colleagues, or program managers starting a new evaluation. Questions fly like “Which evaluation framework will we use?”, “What will our approach be?”, “What is the evaluation plan?”. And often, down in the weeds, we question […]
3 Easy Ways to Quantify Your Qualitative Data
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. You’ve completed your qualitative data collection and you’re writing up your report. You step back and look at All. The. Text. If only you had some quantitative data to include in a chart, or some numbers to report! We’ve previously written about how […]
Evaluation Question Examples by Type of Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. We’ve defined and written about How to Write Good Evaluation Questions before. We’ve even shared some examples of evaluation questions based on the sector or content area. But there is another way to think about evaluation questions. Let’s look at how using different […]
Book Review: Developmental Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. I recently finished reading Michael Quinn Patton’s Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use (2011) cover-to-cover. I am working on a project using Developmental Evaluation (DE) and felt like I wanted to take a deeper dive into my understanding. I […]
Everything You Need to Know about Likert Scales
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Evaluators love a good survey. And why shouldn’t we? They are a cost-effective, quick method for capturing good data! However, not all surveys are awesome – we’ve all come across poorly crafted surveys. Maybe it’s full of double-barreled questions. Maybe the questions are loaded, or leading. Or maybe the response options don’t match […]