This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. We’ve all been there – you get some data from a client or a survey you’ve run, and you can’t wait to start answering your evaluation questions. But you find one of your data columns is a complete mess because it was […]
Evaluation Has a Racism Problem – What Can We Do About It?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is a summary and discussion of Caldwell and Bledsoe’s 2019 paper in the American Journal of Evaluation called “Can Social Justice Live in a House of Structural Racism? A Question for the Field of Evaluation.” The original article contains the […]
How To Transcribe Interviews Like a Pro
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Evaluators have several options for transcribing audio from qualitative interviews, including voice-to-text software, outsourcing, and doing it ourselves. Depending on the budget for the project, you may not be able to afford software licenses or the cost to hire someone else to […]
Improve Your Logic Model Using 3 Simple Design Principles
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. A recent study in the American Journal of Evaluation showed how three simple visual design principles could be applied to logic models to make them more effective and understandable. This article summarizes the findings of that study so you can improve your […]
Common Issues When Entering Survey Data (and How to Solve Them)
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is part of a series: How To Enter Survey Data Part 1: Three Steps for Painless Survey Data EntryPart 2: Preventing Mistakes in Survey Data EntryPart 3: Common Issues with Survey Data Entry (and How to Solve Them) In a […]
Preventing Mistakes in Survey Data Entry
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is part of a series: How To Enter Survey Data Part 1: Three Steps for Painless Survey Data EntryPart 2: Preventing Mistakes in Survey Data EntryPart 3: Common Issues with Survey Data Entry (and How to Solve Them) When entering […]
Three Steps for Painless Survey Data Entry
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is part of a series: How To Enter Survey Data Part 1: Three Steps for Painless Survey Data EntryPart 2: Preventing Mistakes in Survey Data EntryPart 3: Common Issues with Survey Data Entry (and How to Solve Them) Arguably the […]
Branding and Marketing for Evaluation Consultants
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Evaluation Consulting Round-Up Part 4 “New Directions for Evaluation” is one of the American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) academic journals, and they publish articles on cutting-edge issues in the evaluation world. Recently, they released a special issue focused on being an independent evaluation […]
Improve Your Evaluation Consulting with Business Processes
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Evaluation Consulting Round-Up Part 3 “New Directions for Evaluation” is one of the American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) academic journals, and they publish articles on cutting-edge issues in the evaluation world. Recently, they released a special issue focused on being an independent evaluation […]
Somehow I Manage: What Evaluation Consultants Need to Know About Business Management
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Evaluation Consulting Round-Up Part 2 “New Directions for Evaluation” is one of the American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) academic journals, and they publish articles on cutting-edge issues in the evaluation world. Recently, they released a special issue focused on being an independent evaluation […]