GENERAL METHODS, and links that
don't fit elsewhere
click here to
return to methods page
Also see the books,
manual, guides section. Some of the links are to
sources that have general methods. For example, see the Knowledge Base
link, and other links.
"What Constitutes Credible Evidence in Evaluation and Applied
Research?" http://www.cgu.edu/pages/4085.asp
Debates
on
"the
realities
of
using
randomized
control trials (RCTs), and the need for serious academic
scholarship to inform evaluation." Also see videos of
presentations
Also from CGU "Applying the Science of Psychology
& Evaluation Across the Globe" http://www.cgu.edu/pages/154.asp
links
to
'credible
evidence'
and
other
interesting
material.
Organizations
http://mande.co.uk/ "A
news service focusing on developments in monitoring and evaluation
methods relevant to development projects with social development
objectives." Has announcements of conferences, jobs, books.
Also, some papers are on the Mande site, for example, Networks
section, The Evaluation of Networks part has "Evaluating
International Social Change Networks: A Conceptual Framework for a
Participatory Approach." Ricardo Wilson-Grau and Martha Nunez
Their email list http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MandENEWS/
talk
to
other
evaluators
about
evaluating
international aid.
Methodology.co.uk http://www.methodspace.com/
"provides a free resource to researchers, students and
university teachers who are interested in learning more about
anything to do with research methods." At present (March 11, 2008),
it seems to still be in a state of development, but it could in the
future have a great deal of resources. This is from Sage. One of the
resources they provide is free access to an article of the month
from one of their journals.
Market Research Portal http://www.marketresearchworld.net/index.php
a
LOT
of
useful
methods
sections,
articles
about market research processes, focus groups, survey methods,
sampling, lots more.
Institute for Public Relations http://www.instituteforpr.org/topic/research-methods/
research methods papers. Some papers include A New Model
for Media Content Analysis, Fun Things To Do With Measurement,
Guidelines for Formative and Evaluative Research in Public Affairs
and Guidelines For Measuring Relationships in Public Relations.
Evaluation web service of the Treasury Board
Secretariat. http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/eval/eval_e.asp
see
their
resources
page
for
a
whole
bunch of stuff about how to develop evaluation units, review
quality of evaluation, then see their research page for this
Conference on Cost-Effectiveness in Evaluation.
Business and industry evaluation tig http://www.e-valuate-it.com/aea-bi-tig/
has some conference papers on line from several conference.
One from the 2001 conference is mainstreaming evaluations in
corporate environments. One from the 2005 is Building
Evaluation Capacity.
Evaluation Checklist Project http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/checklists/
checklists on evaluation.
United States Foreign Assistance evaluation material https://communities.usaidallnet.gov/fa/node/1433
whole
bunch of misc stuff, how to do, background, etc.
Issuelab.org http://www.issuelab.org/home
This organization links to reports from non profits. Some of the
reports are
State of Evaluation 2010: Evaluation Practice and
Capacity in the Nonprofit Sector
http://www.issuelab.org/research/state_of_evaluation_2010_evaluation_practice_and_capacity_in_the_nonprofit_sector
Evaluating Workforce Programs: A Guide to What
Policymakers Need to Know to Structure Effective, User-Friendly
Evaluations
http://www.issuelab.org/research/evaluating_workforce_programs_a_guide_to_what_policymakers_need_to_know_to_structure_effective_user_friendly_evaluations
Are We There Yet? A Communications Evaluation
Guide http://www.issuelab.org/research/are_we_there_yet_a_communications_evaluation_guide
Demystifying Outcome Measurement in Community
Development http://www.issuelab.org/research/demystifying_outcome_measurement_in_community_development
Guidelines for Evaluating Nonprofit
Communications Efforts http://www.issuelab.org/research/guidelines_for_evaluating_nonprofit_communications_efforts
People
Bob Williams home page http://users.actrix.co.nz/bobwill/
See
the
free
resources
page
for
some
interesting writings, works in progress and links, such as
TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EVALUATION, and others.
Specific
topics
Statistical literacy
International Statistical Literacy Project http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/islp/home
Aid
in
the
development
of
statistical
literacy
around the world.
Statistical Literacy http://www.statlit.org/
studies summary statistics used in everyday arguments.
Statistical literacy helps people read and interpret numbers in
graphs, tables, statements and studies.
Other
Statistical Methods for Rater Agreement http://www.john-uebersax.com/stat/agree.htm
"This site is a resource for the analysis of agreement among
raters, diagnostic tests, observers, judges or experts. It contains
background discussion on different methods, examples, references,
software, and information on recent methodological developments."
How to present negative results http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~lilleys/tips.html
"How to Deliver Negative Evaluation Results
Constructively. The following pointers are a summary of the
suggestions provided by members of Evaltalk, the American
Evaluation Association Discussion List in June 2002. These
suggestions are based on the assumptions that the primary purpose
of evaluation is to improve programs or initiatives, and that
people are more open to learning and change when they are not
feeling threatened." This is prepared by Susan Lilley
Robert Hanneman's free text on social network
analysis http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/
Evaluation of information sources http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/evaln/evaln.htm
links to web sites that have info on how to evaluate
web sites.
Facilitated Systems has an introduction to system
dynamics http://facilitatedsystems.com/pubs.html
see
the
article
"Applying
System
Dynamics
to
Business: An Expense Management Example"
A plea for practical evaluation http://www.mande.co.uk/archives/199701000.htm
an essay by George Balch and Sharyn Sutton about issues and
problems of practical evaluation.
Just Plain Data Analysis: Companion Website http://lilt.ilstu.edu/jpda/
companion
to
a
book,
but
has
some
of the topics here, a little bit about Reversing causal direction,
and Ecological Fallacy, and the Hawthorne effect.
US Dept of Energy has this http://www1.eere.energy.gov/ba/pba/program_evaluation/
program evaluation from another point of view.
Evaluation is an every day activity http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/programevaluation/
evaluation
blog
by Molly Engle
Email lists: I
don't list any because others have comprehensive lists. See
http://www.sociolog.com/
click
on
links
and
then
mailing
lists.
Some good lists are Evaltalk, methods and SRMS.
American Evaluation Association list of email lists http://www.eval.org/Resources/Listservs.asp
including evaltalk and others..
Real World Evaluation http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RealWorldEval/
Share
ideas
for
conducting
evaluations
of
international development projects under less than ideal conditions.
This is one email list.
Misc
OnLinePyschologyDegrees.com http://www.onlinepsychologydegrees.com/articles-and-resources/
has
a
page
of
articles
and resources about studying psychology, and will be adding more.
They also link to all psychology programs in the US.
click here to
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