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CausalImpact: A new open-source package for estimating causal effects in time series
This blogpost, written by Mary Radomile for R-bloggers, looks at the open-source R package CausalImpact which can be used for causal analyses.CausalImpact
This open-source R package, developed by Kay H. Brodersen for Google, can be used for estimating the causal effect of a designed intervention on a time series.Request for proposal - UNICEF
This example of a Request for Proposal (RFP) from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is for a joint evaluation of HIV-related capacity development initiatives on young key populatCausal Attribution Video
This video guide, produced by UNICEF, outlines three broad strategies for causal attribution: 1) estimating the counterfactual; 2) checking the consistency of evidence for the causal relationships mRandomized controlled trials (RCTs) video guide
This video guide, produced by UNICEF, summarises the key features of RCTs with a particular emphasis on their use in impact evaluation.Data collection & analysis video
This video guide from UNICEF looks at the issues involved in choosing and using data collection and analysis methods for impact evaluations.Overview: Strategies for causal attribution
This guide, written by Patricia Rogers for UNICEF, looks at the process of causal attribution with a particular emphasis on its use in impact evaluation.Sinopsis: estrategias de atribución causal
Uno de los aspectos esenciales de una evaluación de impacto es que no solo mide o describe cambios que han ocurrido, sino que también procura entender la función de determinadas intervenciones (es decir, programas o políticas) en la generacPrésentation des stratégies d'attribution causale
L’un des éléments essentiels d’une évaluation d’impact est qu’il ne s’agit pas seulement de mesurer ou de décrire les changements survenus, mais également de comprendre le rôle joué par certaines interventions particulières (programmes ou pAdobe Color CC
Adobe CC (formerly Adobe Kuler) is useful for generating colour schemes from screen shots of, say, a logo or photograph.Data visualization checklist
Stephanie Evergreen (Evergreen Data) and Ann K.Community of Practice design guide
Written by Darren Cambridge and Vicki Suter for the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), this guide provides practical steps and advice for the creation of Communities of Practice (CoPs).Evaluating crime prevention: Lessons from large-scale community crime prevention programs
This article by Anthony Morgan and Peter Homel of the Australian Institute of Criminology discusses the importance of evaluation in crime prevention.Randomized controlled trials (RCTs)
This guide, written by Howard White, Shagun Sabarwal and Thomas de Hoop for UNICEF, looks at the use of Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) in Impact Evaluation.Quasi-experimental design and methods
This guide, written by Howard White and Shagun Sabarwal for UNICEF looks at the use of quasi-experimental design and methods in impact evaluation.Comparative case studies
This guide, written by Delwyn Goodrick for UNICEF, focuses on the use of comparative case studies in impact evaluation.Overview: Data collection and analysis methods in impact evaluation
This guide, written by Greet Peersman for UNICEF looks at the different types of data collection and analysis methods that can be used for impact evaluation.Sinopsis: métodos de recolección y análisis de datos en la evaluación de impacto
Las evaluaciones de impacto deben ir más allá de la simple evaluación de la magnitud de los efectos (el impacto medio) para determinar con quién y de qué forma ha tenido éxito un programa o política.Présentation des méthodes de collecte et d'analyse de données dans l'évaluation d'impact
Les évaluations d’impact ne doivent pas se cantonner à déterminer l’ampleur des effets (c’est-à-dire l’impact moyen), mais doivent également identifier qui a bénéficié de ces programmes ou politiques et comment.Developing and selecting measures of child well-being
This guide, written by Howard White and Shagun Sabarwal for UNICEF, focuses on the development and the selection of measures of child well-being for impact evaluations.Interviewing
This guide, written by Bronwen McDonald and Patricia Rogers for UNICEF, looks at interviews, with a particular focus on their use in impact evaluation.Modelling
This guide, written by Howard White and Shagun Sabarwal for UNICEF, focuses on the use of modelling in impact evaluations.Better Value for Money: An organising framework for management and measurement of VFM indicators
This paper, written by Julian Barr and Angela Christie for ITAD, outlines an organising framework as a means for better understanding, expressing and enabling judgements to be reached on Value for Money in development programmes.The value iceberg: Weighing the benefits of advocacy and campaigning
BetterEvaluation Discussion Paper 1 is a thought piece written by Rhonda Schlangen and Jim Coe (independent consultants), members of the BetterEvaluation Community, and is intended to promote discussion.What scientific idea is ready for retirement: Large randomized controlled trials
This comment, written by Dean Ornish and published on the Edge.org blog What scientific idea is ready for retirement, argues that larger studies do not always equate to more rigorous or definitive reWhat counts as good evidence?
This paper, written by Sandra Nutley, Alison Powell and Huw Davies for the Alliance for Useful Evidence, discusses the risks of using a hierarchy of evidence and suggests an alternative in which more complex matrix approachesScientifically based evaluation methods
This comment from the American Evaluation Association (AEA) was written in response to a US Department of Education proposed priority for evaluating educational programs using scientifically based methods.The importance of a methodologically diverse approach to impact evaluation
This statement from the European Evaluation Society (EES) argues that randomised control trials are not necessarily the best way to ensure a rigorous or scientific impact evaluation assessment (IE) for development and development aid.Life skills education toolkit for orphans & vulnerable children in India
This toolkit, written by Dr.Developing an Evaluation Plan
This guide from Community Toolbox looks at why an evaluation plan is essential part of an evaluation.SPC Logical Framework Approach Training Project
This learning resource, produced by the Pacific Research & Evaluation Associates (PREA) for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), aims to introduce usersFeedback mechanisms in international assistance organizations
This CDA Collaborative Learning Projects paper outlines research conducted with international development organisations on the use of recipient/primary stakeholder feedback in humanitarian aid projects and programs.