Category Archives: Appropriate inference

Challenges in evaluation – Call for nominations

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

What are the big, enduring challenges in evaluation? Where are we making progress? The ‘BetterEvaluation’ project has announced a Request for Challenges (RfC), with a particular emphasis in this round on evaluation in the areas of Capacity Development, Climate Change … Continue reading →

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Alpine whaling? – Interesting developments in evidence-based policy, episode 2

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

While Japan has ‘scientific whaling’, Australia might be beginning a phase of ‘scientific alpine grazing’, reversing a policy of removing cattle from summer grazing in alpine national park in the name of research. (Thanks to a number of GenuineEvaluation readers … Continue reading →

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The Friday Funny – interpreting evidence and lack of evidence

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

In a week of international differences in evaluation approaches, and Australia Day (26 Jan), this week’s Friday Funny comes from Kirsty Fenton, Senior Evaluation Officer with the Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia. It’s been a busy week for Patricia, … Continue reading →

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Beware the meaningless average

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

Happy New Year!  While snow storms blanket much of the Northern hemisphere, and summer rain causes floods in much of the South, we’ve been taking a short break from blogging to recharge the batteries. Now it’s time to resume our … Continue reading →

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How many unwanted gifts?

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Patricia Rogers

The holiday season is an excellent time to sneak some non-genuine research through whatever quality gatekeepers still exist in the media. Today we report on a repeat offender – eBay. Reported in all Australian media today, including Reuters, was a … Continue reading →

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