Alan Mountain

Alan Mountain supports BetterEvaluation while he completes his Masters of International Development at RMIT University.

To coincide with EvalPartners' e-learning unit on Utilization-Focused Evaluation (UFE), this

This method compares the total costs of a programme/project with its benefits, using a common metric (most commonly monetary units), which enables you to calculate the net cost or benefit associated with the programme. 

A line graph is commonly used to display change over time as a series of data points connected by straight line segments on two axes.

Demographic mapping is a way of using GIS (global information system) mapping technology to show data on population characteristics by region or geographic area.

Postcards can be used to collect information quickly, and they can also be used to provide a short report on evaluation findings (or an update on progress).

The world café is a methodology for hosting group dialogue which emphasizes the power of simple conversation in considering relevant questions and themes.

A Scatterplot is used to display the relationship between two quantitative variables plotted along two axes. A series of dots represent the position of observations from the data set.

A pie chart is a divided circle, in which each slice of the pie represents a part of the whole.

Word clouds or tag clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in a source text.