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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 […]
How Writing an Evaluation Report is like Cooking
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. The process of writing an evaluation report is like cooking. It can be a joyful and meditative process for some and an annoying necessity for others. Both cooking and report writing take practice; the more you do them, the more you refine […]
Evaluation in a Low-resource Setting: Strategies for Success
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe Working in the evaluation field is appealing in that it can take place across various sectors, systems and geographic locations. One area of particular interest for some […]
Applying the JCSEE Program Evaluation Standards to Real World Practice
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. To skip right to the free guide, check out our New Products page. Many evaluators will already be familiar with the Program Evaluation Standards developed by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE). For those newer to the field, take […]
Strategic Learning and Evaluation – What Boards Need to Know
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Recently I was asked by a client about an evaluation literacy course for its board. The client’s board members had just attended a strategic planning day and through that discussion felt they needed education on evaluation and metrics. On one hand I […]
How to Write Good Evaluation Questions
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Evaluators ask questions. All the time. We ask questions in focus groups, we write questions in surveys, we pose questions to our datasets. But the questions that really drive our work are evaluation questions. What are evaluation questions? Evaluation questions focus data […]
Arts-Based Data Collection Techniques
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Recently, Jennica Nichols and Maya Lefkowich (of AND Implementation) hosted a Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) webinar about using art as a data collection method. The webinar was fun and interactive and included (you guessed it) hands-on examples of how to use arts-based […]