Evaluation Insights
Data insights for evaluation is about taking the patterns that were identified in analysis and making sense of their meaning and potential impact to the work you do. In a nutshell, evaluation insights are what you can do with the findings, as well as what it all means for your organization, industry, or field.
Publications
What is it? Publications refer to any documents — papers, articles, chapters, manuscripts, etc. — that have been published. These documents can be published in literary magazines, editorials, scholarly journals, newspapers, or as books. Oftentimes, people use the term “publications” and “research papers” synonymously, but this is inaccurate. Research papers are the direct output of research conducted, which may or may not go on to be published in a scholarly journal (in academic circles, these are usually referred to as “pubs”). Similarly, papers written from evaluation data may or may not be published.
There are many professional and scholarly journals that document evaluation theory, practice, methods, and research. Evaluation-related publications serve to note and share strong techniques, sound methodologies, and lessons learned with evaluators, planners, and practitioners to improve their knowledge base, develop skills, and improve their practices (effectively evaluating their programs and projects). Here are a few:
- Develop American Journal of Evaluation
- Evaluation and Program Planning
- Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation
- Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation
- Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice
- Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation
Our consultants can help you not only with your research, but also writing solid publications. In addition to completing their own theses and dissertations, each of our consultants have written for and been published in peer reviewed journals. We understand the process and the caliber of writing required; we can help you through it.
How can we help you?
- Identify the processes and finding that need to be reported
- Write portions of your document(s)
- Edit your document(s)
- Identify relevant publication avenues
- Coach you through submission process
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Goal-based evaluation, outcome evaluation, impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness, and cost benefit analysis.
Conferences will usually provide their own guidelines for presenting your work. More and more, conferences are moving away from highly text-heavy presentations and icon-graphics. They center more heavily on key findings in layperson terms, with supporting documentation related to your actual methods. Simplicity and an effective use of white space are key.
Starting with your methods section, and then working your way through your discussion, literature review, and introduction, and finally writing your abstract can be a helpful order to follow.
Key stakeholder engagement in all evaluation phases, including in the reporting phase, is typically an important part of the evaluation process. Engaging stakeholders in reporting can help define the report audience and make sure the report findings meet the evaluation purpose.
A logic model is bidirectional, meaning it can be read from left to right or right to left (or top/bottom if created in that manner). Generally, your planned work in the form of resources/inputs and activities on the lefthand side of the model should form an apparent connection with your intended results in the form of outputs, outcomes, and impact on the righthand side of the model.
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