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50 top tools for social media monitoring, analytics, and management
This blog post by Pam Dyer lists 50 different tools for gathering, analysing and reporting data about social media.
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Strategies to reduce costs
Reducing costs is something to consider if evaluation costs outweigh the predicted benefits or available resources.
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Certificate in Program Evaluation and Assessment
This is a professional development course of study designed for professionals in fields that involve program evaluation, such as public administration, criminal justice and political science, as well as others.
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Discussion Paper: Innovations in Monitoring and Evaluation
This discussion paper produced by the United Nations Development Programme discusses various innovations that are occurring in M&E, and the advantages and disadvantages of these methods.
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Designing the face-to-face survey
This chapter by W. Lawrence Neuman gives a detailed overview to collection of questionnaire data through a face-to-face survey method.
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SEAR féministe document d'orientation
Ce document d'orientation, publié par Oxfam Québec, fournit des conseils sur la mise en œuvre d’une approche féministe de suivi, d’évaluation, d’apprentissage et de redevabilité (SEAR).
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Policy briefing
Policy briefs are designed to outline findings and recommendations in an accessible manner for specific target audiences.
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Causal inference: Nuts and bolts
This PowerPoint presentation is an extensive guide to understanding causes in an evaluation and the difference its proper diagnosis has on the effectiveness and accuracy of an evaluation.
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Policy framework for the government-wide monitoring and evaluation system - South Africa
This document sets out the policy framework for the whole-of-government monitoring and evaluation system for South Africa.
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C4D: Visualise data
Data visualisation is the process of representing data graphically. It can make it easier to see trends and patterns. Data visualisation can be used during data analysis as part of making sense of data. It can also be used to communicate results as part…
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Communication for Development (C4D)
Communicating & reporting evaluation processes & findings
This PowerPoint presentation by Hallie Preskill, gives an overview of communicating and reporting and provides examples of some of the tools that can be used to facilitate the process.
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Dealing with complexity through planning, monitoring & evaluation (PME)
This paper from Personnel Cooperation in Developing Countries (PSO) and HIVA is the mid term review of an ongoing collaborative action research project in which ten development organisations explored planning, monitoring and evalu
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Rubrics
A rubric is a framework that sets out criteria and standards for different levels of performance and describes what performance would look like at each level.
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Two sides of the evaluation coin
Unusually, perhaps, this article is written jointly by the commissioner and the contractor of a recent evaluation.
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Doctorate in Instructional Psychology and Technology with a focus on Research, Measurement & Evaluation
Instructional Psychology and Technology deals with identifying and implementing improvements in instruction and understanding the principles that influence these improvements.
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Inform decision making aimed at selection, continuation or termination (summative)
Identifying best value for money.
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Social return on investment
This presentation by Dr. John Gargani for the Evaluation Center's Evaluation Cafe, provides an overview of SROI.
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BigML
BigML is an online software package that can be used for data or text mining. The program allows you to input raw data, create data sets, develop models and then make predictions.
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Deep dive into different roles
Understanding the different types of roles in evaluation is key to navigating the field and finding the right fit for your interests.
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Evaluation career guide
Illustrating models and theories of change
Chris Lysy, of Lysy Design, (and also known as Fresh Spectrum's 'evaluation cartoonist'), recently made our day by storifying an example of a logic model Patricia Rogers had previously created for the UNICEF Impact Evaluation Series in Brie
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Community-based adaptation toolkit
This toolkit from CARE was developed to support project teams complete the project cycle in community-based adaptation projects.
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National evaluation in the SDG era: An online self-assessment tool for national evaluation diagnostics and strategizing
This tool, developed by the Independent Evaluation Office of UNDP, provides a step-by-step mechanism to assess evaluation capacity, determine needs and establish action points for developing a country's framework for evaluation of national
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RAPID outcomes assessment
RAPID outcome assessment (ROA) is a method to assess and map the contribution of a project’s actions on a particular change in policy or the policy environment.
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Questionnaire
Ce site web fournit des informations détaillées sur ce qu'est une enquête, pourquoi et quand elle est utilisée, et comment elle peut être réalisée.
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Diffusion of innovations in service organizations: Systematic review and recommendations
This article summarizes an extensive literature review addressing the question, How can we spread and sustain innovations in health service delivery and organization?
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Designing Impact Evaluations for Agricultural Projects
This guide from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) aims to support the design of impact evaluations for agricultural projects that directly target farmers and aim to improve agricultural production and profitability.
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Tackling health inequalities through partnership working: Learning from a realistic evaluation
This paper, authored by David Evans and Amanda Killoran, reports on an evaluation of a program designed to test a variety of models aimed at tackling health inequality.
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Designated staff time for evaluation
This strategy for securing sufficient resources for conducting evaluation involves allocating a specified amount of staff time (hours or days per week) to work on evaluation.
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Master of Arts in Evaluation
This program is designed to provide those interested with the opportunity to gain additional qualifications for scientific or professional work in this research and professional field, which offers excellent career development opportunities as part of a
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Outcomes and performance indicators: Emergency shelter program
This set of outcome indicators, developed by the Urban Institute, is aimed at supporting the development, monitoring and evaluation of Emergency Shelter Programs.
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Evaluating Participation: A guide and toolkit for health and social care practitioners
This guide, written by Gary McGrow and Lesley Greenaway for the Scottish Health Council, was developed as a tool for evaluating public involvement and participation in health services.
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Bias reduction
Bias reduction involves identifying possible sources of bias and taking steps to reduce it. This is one way of improving the validity of an evaluation. Types of bias include:
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