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AES guidelines for the ethical conduct of evaluations
These guidelines from the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES) were designed to ensure ethical behaviour and decision-making are incorporated into evaluation practice.Australasian Evaluation Society Code of Ethics
This code of ethics from the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES) aims to promote ethical evaluation practice, support its members and maintain AES standards.Two-way accountability: Improving ethical evaluation practice in indigenous contexts
This presentation from Emma Williams at The Northern Institute of Charles Darwin University analyses the lack ethical guidelines for evaluation in Indigenous contexts and argues the reasons for such guidelines to be createdGEF Evaluation Office ethical guidelines
These guidelines from the Global Environment Facility were developed to ensure ethical considerations were adopted in the case of conflict of interest situations and that the rights of stakBeyond informed consent: how is it possible to ethically evaluate Indigenous programs?
This paper from the North Australia Research Unit (NARU) of the Australian National University (ANU) analyses the ethical considerations of evaluProfessional Ethics and Standards for the Evaluation Community in the Government of Canada
This paper from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat outlines the professional standards expected of the evaluation community in Canada's Public Service with a particular emphasis on ethical standards.DFID Ethics Principles for Research and Evaluation
This paper from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) outlines the principals on ethical practice in research and evaluation that must be adhered to on all projects funded by the department.Utilization-Focused Evaluation for Agricultural Innovation
Drawn from Michael Quinn Patton's book Utilization-focused evaluation (UFE), this paper introduces this approach and outlines key steps in the process.Utilisation-focused evaluation (U-FE) checklist
Composed by Michael Quinn Patton in 2002 and updated in 2013, this is a comprehensive checklist for undertaking a utilisation-focused evaluation.Utilization-Focused Evaluation: 4th edition
Useful for practitioners and students alike this book is both theoretical and practical. Features include follow-up exercises at the end of each chapter and a utilization-focused evaluation checklist.NSW Government evaluation toolkit
This web-based toolkit has been developed to help program managers in New South Wales (Australia) government agencies manage evaluations (including those undertaken by internal or external evaluators, or by a combination of both). Partner CPRM
This tool from Partner is designed to support the analysis and interpretation of data related to the collaboration of people and organisations.Essentials of Utilization-Focused evaluation: A Primer
Drawing on Michael Quinn Patton's best-selling Utilization-Focused Evaluation, this book provides an overall framework and essHow can research organizations more effectively transfer research knowledge to decision makers?
This article from the Milbank Quarterly outlines an organisational framework for knowledge transfer which is aimed at ensuring research on health care is disseminated so it can be used to formulate policy and decisions on health.Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference
This book offers a comprehensive exposition of modern analysis of causation.The art of focused conversation
This paper from the Yukon Public Service Commission provides an overview of the process of having focused conversations to support positive workplace exchanges.Purposeful program theory: Effective use of theories of change and logic models
This book, by Sue Funnell and Patricia Rogers, discusses ways of developing, representing and using programme theory and theories of change in different ways to suit the particular situation.Critical systems heuristics: The idea and practice of boundary critique
This chapter provides a detailed introduction to critical systems heuristics and the use of its central tool, boundary critique.Partnerships for Environmental Public Health: Evaluation Metrics Manual
This manual from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is aimed at providing program staff and grantees examples of tangible metrics that can be used in the planning, implementation and evaluation of progCollaborative outcome reporting technique (CORT)
This resource is a concise overview of the method developed by Dr Jess Dart, known as the Collaborative Outcome Reporting Technique (CORT). The method is characterised by two elements:Addressing attribution through contribution analysis: Using performance measures sensibly
This article from the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation outlines the key steps involved with using contribution analysis as a tool to discover the contribution a program has made to particular outcomes.Template: Recording assessment using multiple lines and levels of evidence (mlle) criteria
This template can be used when doing a Multiple Lines and Levels of Evidence analysis, to record all the lines of evidence available for each evaluation question.Causal criteria methods manual
This manual details the 8-step causal criteria framework, a method that can be used to integrate information from different data sources.African monitoring and evaluation systems: Exploratory case studies
This publication is an analysis of six monitoring and evaluation (M&E) case studies from Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda.Designing impact evaluations: Different perspectives
This 3ie Working Paper series covers both conceptual issues related to impact evaluation and findings from specific studies or synthetic reviews.Diseño de evaluaciones de impacto: Perspectivas diversas
Los debates sobre los enfoques en el diseño de la evaluación de impacto parecen haber experimentado un impase en los últimos años.Méthodologie de l’évaluation d’impact : présentation de différentes approches
Les débats sur les approches conceptuelles de l’évaluation d’impact semblent depuis quelques années dans l’impasse.关于影响评估的设计: 不同的视角
近年来，关于影响评估设计方法的争论陷入了僵局。 由 3ie、影响评估网络中的网络（NONIE）、非洲评估协会（AfrEA）和联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）于 3 月 29 日至 4 月 2 日在开罗举办的影响评估面面观国际会议旨在听取不同意见并寻求共识。Looking back, moving forward: Sida evaluation manual
This manual from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) is aimed at supporting staff in conducting evaluations of development interventions.Prioritize and eliminate questions
This worksheet from Chapter 5 of the National Science Foundation's User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations provides a template which allows the organisation and selection of possible evaluation questions.Overview of the design process for mixed method evaluations
This chapter from the National Science Foundation's User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations provides an overview of the design process for mixed method evaluations.Danida Evaluation Guidelines
This guide from DANIDA aims to provide detailed assistance and guidelines for staff undertaking evaluations for the Danish Development Cooperation.