Seven evaluation methods to add to the toolbox?
3rd August 2012 by Patricia Rogers
In a recent workshop on 'Designs for Performance Evaluation', which Patricia Rogers conducted with program officers from USAID, we looked at seven methods and strategies which might be usefully added to the repertoire for collecting, analyzing or synthesizing data.
Which of these might be useful to add to the methods that you use - or that you encourage evaluators to use in evaluations that you manage?
We are often asked about the best method to use for an evaluation. But there is a bewildering array of evaluation methods. For example, this is the list of evaluation methods on Wikipedia.