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Filter search resultsPrinciples and strategies for overcoming challenges to evaluation in situations of conflict and fragility
The challenges of conducting evaluation in situations of conflict and fragility have been well documented. They have been widely experienced and understood and therefore are not outlined in this post.Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 2: Conducting effective meetings
Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 3: Q & A about drawing logic models
This week on BetterEvaluation we're presenting Questions and Answers about logic models.Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 4: Including unintended impacts
Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 5: Info overload - how to navigate the maze of methods and approaches
As part of developing the BetterEvaluation site, we ran an "Evaluation Challenge" process, inviting people to submit their biggest challenges in evaluation, and then inviting experts to suggest ways to address these.Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 6: Facilitating evaluation decisions
There are many decisions to be made in an evaluation – its purpose and scope; the key evaluation questions; how different values will be negotiated; what should be the research design and methods for data collection and analysis; howBlog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 7: Evaluation associations and societies
Across the world evaluation associations provide a supportive community of practice for evaluators, evaluation managers and those who do evaluation as part of their service delivery or management job.BlogFrom rigorous methods to rigorous processes – directions for travel after the RCT debate
It is neither relevant nor useful to either only criticise randomised control trials (RCT) or treat them as the only choice for rigorous impact evaluation (IE).BlogBetterEvaluation at the Evaluation Conclave in Kathmandu this week
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Image: Polling Booths, by PetroleumJelliffe on FlickrBlog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 9: Addressing complexity
There is increasing discussion about the potential relevance of ideas and methods for addressing complexity in evaluation. But what does this mean? And is it the same as addressing complication?Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 14: Addressing ethical issues
How do we ensure our evaluations are conducted ethically? Where do we go for advice and guidance, especially when we don't have a formal process for ethical review?Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 15: Evaluation conferences 2013
One of the most effective ways of learning about the evaluation field is to attend a conference, present your work and interact with other professionals.Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 17: Analyzing data using common software
Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 18: Reading evaluation journals
Evaluation journals play an important role in documenting, developing, and sharing theory and practice.Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 19: Using the Rainbow Framework
How do we ensure we address all the important aspects of an evaluation when we're planning it? How do we manage to consider the different options without being overwhelmed?Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 20: Defining what needs to be evaluated
Whether you are commissioning an evaluation, designing one or implementing one, having - and sharing - a very clear understanding of what is being evaluated is paramount.Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 21: Framing the evaluation
What's one of the most common mistakes in planning an evaluation? Going straight to deciding data collection methods. Before you choose data collection methods, you need a good understanding of why the evaluation is being done.Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 24: Choosing methods to describe activities, results and context
How many methods do you usually see in evaluation reports as having been used to collect data?Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 22: The latest resources and events suggested by users
Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 23: Tips for delivering negative results
Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 25: Evaluators have feelings too: Two sides of the evaluation coin
BetterEvaluation recently published a new paper, ‘Two sides of the evaluation coin,’ exploring what can happen when miscommunication, changing leadership and misunderstanding disrupt the smooth running of an evaluation: and what can be doneBlog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 26: Understanding causes
If you are doing any kind of outcome or impact evaluation, you need to know something about whether the changes observed (or prevented) had anything to do with the program or policy being evaluated.Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 27: How can evaluation make a difference?
I'm sure most of our readers will agree that the goal of evaluation is not the fulfilment of a contract to undertake a study but the improvement in social and environmental conditions:Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 28: Framing an evaluation: the importance of asking the right questions
BetterEvaluation recently published a paper which presented some the confusion which can result when commissioners and evaluators don’t spend enough time establishing basic principles and understanding before beginning the evaluation.Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 30: Manage an evaluation or evaluation system
This week's 52 Weeks of BetterEvaluation post brings our series on the BetterEvaluation Rainbow Framework to an end, and presents the final AEA hosted webinar recording.Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 29: Weighing the data for an overall evaluative judgement
How do you balance the different dimensions of an evaluation?BlogMixed methods in evaluation part 2: exploring the case of a mixed-method outcome evaluation
We continue our mini-series on mixedBlogMixed methods in evaluation Part 3: Enough pick and mix; time for some standards on mixing methods in impact evaluation
In our third blog on mixed methods in evaluation, Tiina Pasanen from ODI focusses in on impact evaluations (IEs) – a specific type of evaluation with a lot of attention in international development right now, with hundreds being conducted eBlog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 32: Monitoring and evaluating policy influence and advocacy (Part 1)
This two part mini-series looks atBlog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 33: Monitoring policy influence part 2 - like measuring smoke?
In the second part of our mini-series on monitoring and evaluating policy influence, Arnaldo Pellini, Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, explores a project supporting research centres in Australia toBlog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 35: Social return on investment in evaluation
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