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Category Archives: Adequate scope
Genuine evaluation-related workshops and presentations over the next few months
One of the great sources of energy and ideas for both of us is the opportunity to give workshops and presentations on topics related to genuine evaluation. It’s great to be able to spend time with so many people who … Continue reading
Multimedia report on ‘Show me the change’ conference
Wonderful interactive report on the recent ‘Show me the change’ conference in Melbourne on complexity, behavior change and evaluation. An open space conference such as this has magic moments of connection and creation. Documenting them through videos, notes, reflections and … Continue reading
Evaluation revisited – conference this week on complexity and evaluation
If you can’t be in the Netherlands this week for the conference on complexity and evaluation, you can follow it through the conference blog http://evaluationrevisited.wordpress.com/.
Posted in About/Definition, Adequate scope, Appropriate criteria and standards, Appropriate inference, Appropriate measurement, Appropriate reporting, Civil society engagement, Evaluation team composition, Evaluative questions & answers, Learning from failure, The client's role, Values-based
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Long-term effects; what to do with them and without them
Greetings, genuwiners! Thought I’d toss a small puzzle into the stream of discussions to start my visit. Ideally, almost all program evaluations need to include a long term follow up, but almost none of the clients can wait for long-term … Continue reading
Posted in Adequate scope, Appropriate inference, Health
Tagged evaluation reporting, Health, long-term impacts, prediction, Scriven, statistics
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£6 million over 5 years – and STILL no genuine evaluation of Blueprint?
When a large and expensive evaluation fails to produce useful results, it’s worth seeing if at least it can be useful as a cautionary tale. Blueprint is a UK Government-funded drugs education programme consisting of five components: drug education in … Continue reading
Posted in Adequate scope, Causal inference, Causal inference strategies, Education, Evaluation team composition, Evaluative questions & answers, Government programs, Learning from failure, The client's role
Tagged Causal inference, comparisons, drug education, government, sample size, statistical power, UK
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