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  • 9 free books for learning data mining & data analysis

    This list compiled by Alex Ivanovs brings together a range of books aimed at both beginners and those who are looking to fill in gaps in their knowledge.
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  • 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.  
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  • Dabbling in the data

    The guide and toolkit, Dabbling in the Data, includes detailed instructions for teams to use to delve more deeply into quantitative and qualitative data.
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  • Eval C3

    EvalC3 is an organised set of tools for developing, exploring and evaluating predictive models of expected outcomes. This resource and the following information was contributed by  Rick Davies. 
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  • Big data for development: challenges & opportunities

    This white paper by UN Global Pulse examines the use of Big Data in development contexts.
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  • Excel for evaluation

    This website, created by Ann Emery, provides a series of short videos on using Microsoft Excel to analyze data.
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  • Geospatial analysis in evaluation

    This blog from the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) highlights the role of geospatial data in understanding change in phenomena, and answering questions of relevance and effectiveness of development interventions.
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  • gLOCAL Evaluation Week: Yes, gLOCAL - it is not a typo

    This week's guest blog is in support of the gLOCAL Evaluation week - a series of free events taking place around the globe and online between June 3-7 2019.
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  • BetterEvaluation FAQ: How do you go about analyzing data that has been collected from respondents via a questionnaire?

    In this edition of the BE FAQ blog, we address a question that comes up quite often: How do you go about analysing data that has been collected from respondents via a questionnaire?
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  • L’évaluation en contexte de développement

    Ce manuel est destiné aux personnes souhaitant s’initier à l’évaluation de programmes, en particulier en contexte de développement et de coopération internationale. À cet égard, tout en déroulant le fil d’une démarche évaluative classique, il présente…
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  • Learning from gLOCAL conversations

    The week before last, we were treated to over 300 diverse, live events on evaluation in the annual event that is glocal – a week of locally hosted, globally accessible webinars, presentations and hybrid sessions that is convened by the Glob
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  • The science behind data collection - gLOCAL 2023 webinar recap

    This blog shares some of the lessons from the gLOCAL2023 webinar, The science behind data collection: how to choose the best tools and approach to collect data considering the culture, context, and existing partnerships. It outlines five considerations:…
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  • Toonlet

    This web-based application makes it possible to draw cartoons, by creating characters and then placing them into the panels of a cartoon with appropriate text.
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  • Cartoons

    Cartoon images can be used by evaluators to an understanding of program impact, scenes of program implementation, main findings or issues.
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  • Word cloud

    Word clouds or tag clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in a source text.
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  • UNICEF webinar: Overview of data collection and analysis methods in Impact Evaluation

    What is the value of using mixed methods in impact evaluation? What methods and designs are appropriate for answering descriptive, causal and evaluative questions?
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  • Qualitative research & evaluation methods: Integrating theory and practice

    The fourth edition of Michael Quinn Patton's Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods Integrating Theory and Practice, published by Sage Publications, analyses and provides clear guidance and advice for usi
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  • From narrative text to causal maps: QuIP analysis and visualisation

    This paper focuses on analysing raw data to produce useful visual summaries, describing in detail the processes involved in a QuIP analysis.
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