This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com In reply to Kerry Keating. Lovely question, Kerry! I didn’t probe too much into epistemologies or ontologies underlying these definitions, but I can imagine you have something there with your question. I would bet that post-positivists would be more aligned with the “evaluation […]
Comment on Evaluation is Not Applied Research by Kerry Keating
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com Hello Dr. Wanzer, I am a Master’s in Education student currently studying the difference between research and evaluation. I had always struggled grasping the differences in the two, and felt they were just carbon copies of each other, just under different names. This […]
Thinking Frameworks
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. You might have heard or read about concepts like Systems Thinking and Design Thinking (both with and without capital letters) and asked yourself: what do they mean? We see both of these are frameworks for thinking about problems. It’s somewhat confusing, but both […]
Stop multitasking your report writing.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. So I have to admit something. I am HORRIBLE at multitasking. For example, I can’t look something up on my phone while having a conversation. I can’t cook dinner while putting together a grocery list. “How about listen to your wife while doing […]
Comment on Dissertation RQ3: How do researchers and evaluators differ in use, interpersonal factors, and research/evaluation factors? by Cristina
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com Hello Dr. Wanzer. I hope all is well. I came across your website through a YouTube video on research and evaluation on James Pann’s Channel. I am currently a graduate student at ASU and working on a class discussion project that prompted us […]
Change Takes Time: How to Practice Patience in Report Redesign Processes
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. This guest post comes from Abby Henderson. Abby Henderson, MS, is a Project Manager at Veris Insights. Abby got her Master’s in Program Evaluation and Data Analytics from ASU in 2019, while working at the Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy within the […]
Create a Line Graph Infographic with Canva and Flourish
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. In today’s post I’ll share the steps I used in creating a line graph centered infographic. The more I use Flourish, the more I like Flourish. Canva is a super easy tool for infographic design, but its chart builder leaves a lot to […]
Practical Systems Thinking: The Cynefin Framework
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. The Cynefin Framework is among the most widely used frameworks for understanding how systems are organized. It might be the most practical means of bringing systems thinking to life. A system, after all, is simply an organization of things within some constraint or […]
Using Dashboards to Make a Family Trivia Event Even Better
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Emily Ross recently finished her PhD in health services research and is now as a junior evaluation consultant at Ference & Company Consulting. She enrolled in our Dashboard Design course and is sharing how she used her new skills in her personal life. […]
Using Canvases
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. You might have noticed that the world seems to be awash in canvases these days. The canvas model owes much of its popularity to the work of Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur and their Business Model Canvas. A canvas is a form of […]