American Evaluation Association. http://www.eval.org See their
'documents', including "Guiding Principles for Evaluators" and
"Program Evaluation Standards". Also see their 'lists and links'
page.
American Statistical Association http://www.amstat.org/ and the
Survey Research Methods Section (SRMS) http://www.amstat.org/sections/srms/
See especially SRMS's What is a Survey series, some of
which are available on the web, as pdf files, for example, "more
about mail surveys", "margin of error", and "what are focus
groups".
Canadian Evaluation Society http://evaluationcanada.ca/
home of Canadian Evaluation Society Project in Support of
Advocacy and Professional Development http://consultation.evaluationcanada.ca/
a
project
to
develop
answers
to
these
questions "How can program evaluation help my
organization?" "What exactly do program evaluators do,
anyway?" "What skills and knowledge do I need to succeed as
an evaluator?"
Community of Evaluators http://www.communityofevaluators.org/
Their
website
says:
The
Goal of the CoE is – “to promote and enhance the quality of the
theory and practice of evaluation in South Asia and to contribute
to the same, particularly from a South Asian perspective,
globally”
ESA Qualitative Methods Research Network http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/esa/qual.htm
links to conference announcements, a few other
things.
European Evaluation Society http://www.europeanevaluation.org/
especially see some interesting papers.
European Survey Research Association http://www.surveymethodology.eu/home/
They
"provide
coordination
in
the
field
of
Survey Research in Europe....encourage communication between
researchers." Also have the on line journal listed on
the research page of my website.
The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/home/
among the things that are free there, are some
checklists about doing evaluation.
The Help Institute http://thehelpinstitute.org/
The website says "Many organizations in the hardest hit
communities do not have the resources to evaluate, improve, and/or
expand their programs so, for these communities, we offer our
services for free."
Institutional Learning and Change Initiative http://www.cgiar-ilac.org/
they
have
a
bibliography
(listed
in
"library")
and a tools and methods section that "summarizes methods, tools
and approaches for monitoring and evaluation of collaborative
projects."
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation http://www.3ieimpact.org/
A
new
initiative. From their founding document, "an international
effort of willing partners has agreed to collaborate in lifting
some of the constraints that hinder the production and use of such
systematic evidence in policymaking, with attention focused on the
subset of evaluation studies that measure impact."
International Development Evaluation Association http://www.ideas-int.org/
Their
mission:
"To
advance
and
extend
the
practice of development evaluation by refining methods,
strengthening capacity and expanding ownership."
The International Institute for Qualitative Methodology http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/iiqm/
This " is a multidisciplinary institute at the University
of Alberta, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The institute was
founded in 1998, with the primary goal of facilitating the
development of qualitative research methods across a wide variety
of academic disciplines."
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