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  • How to design an M&E framework for a policy research project

    This Methods Lab guidance note focuses on the designing and structuring of a monitoring and evaluation framework for policy research projec
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  • ‘Context Matters’ framework for improving evidence use: what do policymakers and practitioners think about it?

    This blog introduces the 'Context Matters' framework - a living tool that builds on and contributes to learning and thinking on evidence-informed policy making, by providing a lens through which to examine the context (internal and external
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  • Successful public policy: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand

    This book is a collection of 20 examples of successful public policies in Australia and New Zealand. It aims to reset the agenda for teaching, research and dialogue on public policy performance.
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  • UNICEF: Statistics and Monitoring

    In collaboration with a wide range of partners, UNICEF gathers evidence on the situation of children and women around the world.
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  • WISE: Web Interface for Statistics Education

    WISE's website organises a large amount of statistics resources available on the web into one central place.
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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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  • The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)

    This slide show provides an overview of this option and lists the advantages and disadvantages of its use. There are also a number of examples of covariance and linear regression equations. 
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  • 4 tips for planning your policy research M&E

    In this guest blog post, Tiina Pasanen, from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), lays out four key ideas to keep in mind when designing an M&E framework for a policy research project
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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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  • Descriptive and multivariate statistics

    In this chapter from Exploring Crime Analysis Readings on Essential Skills, the key principles of descriptive and multivariate statistics are demonstrated so as to provide practitioners with the basic
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  • Expert advice

    Expert advice provides advice in response to specific queries. It might include a process to clarify and reframe the question that is being asked.
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  • Who counts? The power of participatory statistics

    This workshop by Jeremy Holland for the Institute of Development Studies was streamed live on May 1st, 2014.
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  • Making a difference: M&E of policy research

    The paper presents examples and approaches on conducting M&E of policy research from the current experience of a range of research institutes, think tanks and funding bodies.
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  • Tools for policy impact: A handbook for researchers

    The Overseas Development Institute (ODI), as part of its Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) programme, has been looking at the links between research and policy for several years.
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  • Public impact fundamentals and observatory

    The Public Impact Fundamentals are a framework developed by the Centre for Public Impact to assess what makes a successful policy outcome and describe what can be done to maximise the chances of achieving public impact.
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  • Frequency distribution tables

    This webpage from Statistics Canada demonstrates how to construct four different types of frequency distribution tables. Each example comes with clear instructions and a detailed example of the final product.
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