Category Archives: Appropriate measurement

The Friday Funny – the timing of evaluation

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

This week’s Friday Funny reminds us of the importance of when we choose to evaluate and the factors that might affect the data we collect. Continue reading →

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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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2 more ideas for evaluation survey items – asking about comparative value

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Jane Davidson

In a post last week, I shared some ideas about how to get approximate answers to the ‘overall value’ question by building these concepts right into survey and interview questions themselves. Some ‘overall value’ questions pertained to cost-effectiveness, whether the … Continue reading →

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Approximate answers to the ‘overall value’ question – 5 more survey and interview item ideas

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Jane Davidson

Well, we had a mini theme last week of tips, tricks, and ideas for designing survey (questionnaire) items that cut to the evaluative chase. All these can be used in structured and semi-structured interviews too, of course. As a follow-up, … Continue reading →

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