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Gender Stats - World Bank Database of Gender Statistics

World Bank Health, Nutrition and Population Data

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Title: Five Generations of Evaluation: A Meta-Evaluation
Sponsor/Author: Betsy Van der Veer Martens, Syracuse University
A general overview of the history and process of evaluation

Designing Focus Groups and Questionnaires

Title: Evaluation Toolkit: Focus Groups
Sponsor: Human Resource Development Canada (HRDC) - Data and Development Branch Basics of focus groups for managers including deciding when to use them

Title: Evaluation Toolkit: Quasi-Experimental Design
Sponsor: Human Resource Development Canada (HRDC) - Data and Development Branch Basics of quasi-experimental design and the need for comparison groups

Title: Questionnaire Design and Analysis Workbook
Sponsor/Author: Alison Galloway, Queen Margaret College Hands-on approach to learning questionnaire design

Evaluation Guides - General

Title: Evaluating Country Programmes Vienna Workshop, 1999 Authors: OECD/DAC Working Party on Aid Evaluation, Various
A report from the CPE Workhop held in Vienna 11-12 March, 1999
For a sample CPE REVIEW INSTRUMENT (CODING SHEET), see pg. 73. For a checklist FOR DONORS INITIATING A CPE, see pg. 79.

Title: Evaluation Checklists
Sponsor: Western Michigan University Various checklists to use while evaluating

Title: Evaluation Handbook
Sponsor: WK Kellogg Foundation Outlines a blueprint for designing and conducting evaluations, either independently or with the support of an external evaluator/consultant

Title: Evaluation Manual
Sponsor: United Nation's Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Detailed and referenced guide to evaluation

Title:Evaluation Strategies for Human Services Programs
Sponsor: The Urban Institute This paper lays out, for the nontechnician, the basic principles of program evaluation design. It signals common pitfalls, identifies constraints that need to be considered, and presents ideas for solving potential problems.

Title: Evaluation Toolkit
Sponsor: Project STAR for Corporation for National Service How to plan and execute an evaluation of a service program

Title: Results Oriented Monitoring and Evaluation
Sponsor: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Comprehensive guide to Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Programs

Title: User-friendly Handbook for Mixed-method Evaluations (1997)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) How to design and conduct evaluations that integrate quantitative and qualitative techniques for outcome evaluations - "practical rather than technically sophisticated".

GAO Policy and Guidance Materials for Evaluations

Title: Quantitative Data Analysis: An Introduction (1992)
Lays out the basics of description and inferential statistical analysis. If you are working with a data set and need to isolate and describe variables, assess the association between variables, or make projections from a sample to a wider population, this document will help you.

Title: Designing Evaluations (1991)
Discusses the logic of program evaluation design, and how to design evaluations for federal programs.

Title: Using Structured Interviewing Techniques (1991)
Contains everything you ever wanted to know about structured interviews and more. It explains when structured interviews should be used and covers interview design and testing. It tells you how to train interviewers, how to select interviewees, and offers very good guidelines on how to conduct the interview.

Title: Prospective Evaluation Methods: The Prospective Evaluation Synthesis (1990)
Takes you through the steps of a Prospective Evaluation Synthesis, or a future-looking assessment of proposed programs.

Title: Case Study Evaluations (1990)
Describes 6 kinds of case studies, how to use them, and ideas for how to design them.

Tools for Quantitative Research

Title: Electronic Statistics Textbook (2001)
Sponsor: StatSoft Comprehensive introductory statistics text

Title: HyperStat Statistics Handbook
Sponsor: Rice Virtual Lab Comprehensive, interactive, novice to advanced level statistics textbook

Title: Sampling Workbook
Sponsor/Author: Alison Galloway, Queen Margaret College Hands-on with activities approach to learning sampling

Tools for Qualitative Research

Title: Introduction to Qualitative Research
Sponsor/Authors: Rob McBride and John Schostack, University of East Anglia
Basic introduction to qualitative methods with evaluation focus (despite title)

Title: Qualitative Methods Workbook
Sponsor/Author: C George Boeree, Shippensburg University
Broad look at qualitative methods including phenomenology, structural analysis, observation and interviewing

Integrating Gender Issues into Evaluations

Title: Guidelines for the Integration of Gender Issues into the Design, Monitoring and Evaluation of ILO Programmes and Projects
Sponsor: International Labour Organization
Guidelines aimed at providing ILO staff with the analytical concepts and tools to incorporate women and equality concerns into the design, monitoring and evaluation of ILO programs.

Title: Integrating a Gender Dimension into Monitoring & Evaluation of Rural Development Projects
Sponsor: The World Bank
Assists in recognizing and addressing gender concerns in project evaluation.

Evaluation Guides for Specific Sectors

Education:

Title: Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of technology in Schools and Classrooms
Sponsor: American Institutes for Research for US Dept of Education
How to evaluate technology use in Elementary and Secondary schools

Health:

Title: An Evaluation Primer on Health Risk Communication Programs and Outcomes
Sponsor: US Department of Health and Human Services Environmental Health Policy Committee
Focuses on planning for and executing evaluations of health risk communication programs and materials

Title: Framework for Program Evaluation
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Scope: Steps to Evaluation and Standards for Effective Evaluation in Public Health

Title: Understanding Evaluation - The Way to Better Prevention Programs (1993)
Sponsor: Developed by Westat for the US Department of Education
Scope: Designing and implementing evaluation of drug prevention programs

Poverty:

Title: Evaluating the Impact of Development Projects on Poverty: A Handbook for Practitioners (2000) Sponsor: The World Bank
Overview of impact evaluation including planning and methods with case studies

Rural Development:

Title: Practical Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation of Rural Development Projects
Sponsor/Authors: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Office of Evaluation and Studies
Scope: Development, installation and use of effective project-level M&E systems as tools for impact-oriented management

The Program Manager's Guide to Evaluation
The Guide, published by the Department of Health and Human Services, explains program evaluation - what it is, how to understand it, and how to do it. It answers your questions about evaluation and explains how to use evaluation to improve programs and benefit staff and families.

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