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  • Card visualization

    Card visualization is a participatory method for capturing data that uses paper cards to allow groups to brainstorm and share their ideas.
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  • Reputational monitoring dashboard

    A ‘reputation monitoring dashboard’ allows users to monitor and quickly appraise reputational trends at a glance and from a variety of different sources.
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  • Realist matrix

    A realist matrix focuses on the causal mechanisms at work in a programme or project. It specifies what exactly in the programme creates the outcomes, and under what conditions.
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  • Logframe

    Logframes are a systematic, visual approach to designing, executing and assessing projects which encourages users to consider the relationships between available resources, planned activities, and desired changes or results.
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  • Cost effectiveness analysis

    Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) compares the relative costs of the outcomes of two or more courses of action and is considered an alternative to cost-benefit analysis (CBA). 
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  • Round robin

    The “round robin” method is a technique for generating and developing ideas in a group brainstorming setting.
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  • Sequential sampling

    Sequential sampling is a non-probabilistic sampling technique, in which the sample size, n, is not fixed in advanced, nor is the timeframe of data collection.
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  • Questionnaires

    A questionnaire is a specific set of written questions which aims to extract specific information from the chosen respondents. 
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  • Non-participant observation

    Non-participant Observation involves observing participants without actively participating.
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  • Effective data transfer

    Effective data transfer involves processes to move data between systems, including between software packages, to avoid the need to rekey data. 
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  • Secure data storage

    Processes to protect electronic and hard copy data in all forms, including questionnaires, interview tapes and electronic files from being accessed without authority or damaged.
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  • Archive data for future use

    Putting systems in place to store de-identified data so that they can be accessed for verification purposes or for further analysis and research in the future, researchers can extend the range of the data collection efforts and encourage fu
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  • Timelines and time-ordered matrices

    Timelines and time-ordered matrices are useful ways of displaying and analysing time-related data.
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  • Framework Matrices

    A framework matrix is a way of summarizing and analyzing qualitative data in a table of rows and columns.
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  • Visual accessibility

    There are a number of ways that documents can be made more accessible to people who are blind or have low vision.
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  • Data use calendar

    A data use calendar is produced to guide the collection of data and reporting requirements, as well as ensuring that analysis and evaluation data is actively used.
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  • Emphasis techniques

    A key to creating effective and accessible reporting documents is using effective techniques to emphasise important information.
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  • Mail questionnaire

    Questionnaires can be mailed out to a sample of the population, enabling the researcher to connect with a wide range of people.
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  • Mobile questionnaires

    Questionnaires and surveys can be conducted through mobile phones which are able to connect to the internet.
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  • Data backup

    Data backup refers to onsite and offsite, automatic and manual processes to guard against the risk of data being lost or corrupted. 
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  • Lessons learnt

    Lessons learnt can take the form of describing what should or should not be done, or describing the outcome of different processes.
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  • Face-to-face questionnaires

    Face-to-face questionnaires are conducted by an interviewer asking questions of a respondent in person.
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  • Internet questionnaire

    An internet questionnaire allows the collection of data through an electronic set of questions that are posted on the web. 
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  • Feedback workshop

    A feedback workshop is a meeting that brings together evaluators and key stakeholders in which the findings of an evaluation are discussed.
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  • Correlation

    Correlation is ​a statistical measure ranging from +1.0 to -1.0, represented by 'r', that indicates how strongly two or more variables are related and whether that relationship is positive or negative.
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  • Interactive mapping

    Interactive mapping involves using maps that allow zooming in and out, panning around, identifying specific features, querying underlying data such as by topic or a specific indicator (e.g., socioeconomic status), generating reports and oth
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  • Key informant interviews

    Key informant interviews involve interviewing people who have particularly informed perspectives on an aspect of the program being evaluated.
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  • Analytical generalisation

    Analytical generalisation involves making projections about the likely transferability of findings from an evaluation, based on a theoretical analysis of the factors producing outcomes and the effect of context.
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  • Measures of central tendency

    Measures of Central Tendency provide a summary measure that attempts to describe a whole set of data with a single value that represents the middle or centre of its distribution.
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  • Measures of dispersion

    Measures of dispersion provide information about how much variation there is in the data, including the range, inter-quartile range and the standard deviation.
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  • Big data

    Big data refers to data that are so large and complex that traditional methods of collection and analysis are not possible. 
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  • In-depth interviews

    An in-depth interview is a type of interview with an individual that aims to collect detailed information beyond initial and surface-level answers.
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