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Contemporary thinking about causation in evaluation
This paper was produced following a discussion between Thomas Cook and Michael Scriven held at The Evaluation Center and Western Michigan University’s Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation program jointly hosted Evaluation Cafe´ event on contThe ‘5-whys’ method
This document explains the idea behind the 'Five Whys' option.Guide to evaluating rural extension
The Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) have developed this guide to evaluating rural extension with the aim to provide comprehensive support for people involved in extention evaluationsGuide to gender integration and analysis
This guide from USAID is designed to support staff in the implementation of gender into program planning and design.UN Women
This website from the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, provides a wide variety of resopurces to support the implementation of gender equality around the globe.Lessons learned using online survey software
This blog post from Susan Kristler provides on overview of the various strengths and weaknesses of using online survey software.Gantt charts: Planning and scheduling more complex projects
This web page from Mind Tools provides a detailed guide, including examples, of how to use Gantt charts for project planning, monitoring and evaluation.Making a gantt chart with excel
This YouTube video provides a detailed tutorial on creating Gantt charts using Microsoft Excel.Okiko in pursuit of a snail: Child-led evaluation of the building skills for life programme in Kenya
This report is the third in this series and presents a child-led evaluation of a multi-sectoral programme in Cambodia seeking to empower adolescent girls and address the challenges they face accessing quality education.What is meta-analysis?
This document explains the process and benefits of meta-analysis using the comparative analysis of different treatments as an example.40+ social media dashboard tools for tracking stuff
In this blog post, Barry Hurd proposes and answers a number of questions on the use of social media dashboard tools.What does monitoring your brand on social media channels really mean?
This blog post from Beth Kanter describes the process of 'listening' to what people are saying about your brand through social media monitoring.GovMetric
GovMetric (formerly Public Service Monitor) is a website that monitors the internet to identify the topics that are being discussed and evaluating the information in order to provide a snapshot of the views presented.How to develop evaluation questions
This webpage from My M&E provides an overview of the steps required to develop effective evaluation questions.Stakeholders’ interest in potential evaluation questions
This worksheet from Chapter 5 of the NationWho adopts improved fuels and cookstoves? A systematic review
This resource is a detailed overview of study conducted by Lewis and Pattanayak (2012) on the systematic review of the literature surrounding the adoption of Improved Cook Stoves (ICS) or cleaner fuels by households in developing countries.8: Analyzing data
This is the eigth in a series of lectures produced by the Poverty Action Lab, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.What is impact evaluation and when should you do it?
The first in a series of lecture notes produced by the Poverty Action Lab and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this presentation intro3: How to randomize I
The third in a series of 8 lectures produced by the Poverty Action Lab and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is the first of the present2: Why Randomize?
The second in a series of lecture notes produced by Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this indepth4. How to randomize II
This is the fourth in a series of lectures produced by the Poverty Action Lab, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is the second present5: Measurement and outcomes
This is the fifth in a series of lectures produced by the Poverty Action Lab, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.6: Sample size and power calculations
This is the sixth in a series of lectures produced by the Poverty Action Lab, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Managing threats to evaluation and data analysis
This is the seventh in a series of lectures produced by the Poverty Action Lab, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Process tracing in case study research
This resource examines some of the philosophy science issues related to process tracing, including the roles of causal effects and causal mechanisms in causal explanation and the logic of process tracing.Understanding process tracing
This paper, from David Collier, outlines a new framework for carrying out process tracing in order to achieve greater systemisation of qualitative methods.Process tracing: Introduction and exercises
This document provides an overview of the method of process tracing and a series of examples and exercises to aid in its teaching .A move to more systematic and transparent approaches in qualitative evidence synthesis
This article form Qualitative Research provides an analysis and review of papers systematic and transparent approaches to qualitative evidence synthesis form 2005 - 2008.Review of the use of ‘Theory of Change’ in international development
This report from the UK Government's Department for International Development (DfID) reviews the use of theory of change in the international development field in order to learn and further broaden itsEvaluation tools
This website offers a toolkit for evaluators.Understanding ‘Theory of Change’ in international development: a review of existing knowledge
This paper from the Asia Foundation and The Justice and Security Research ProgrammeReviewing and scoring projects
This 'How to Note' from the UK Government's Department for International Development (DfID) is designed to support staff to use their scoring system and latest templates when completing Annual Reviews a