A
Manager’s Guide to Program Evaluation
The Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACF)
developed this guide to explain program evaluation –what
it is, how to understand it, and how to do it.
Step
by Step Manuals
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Evaluation
Working Group maintains this list of program evaluation
manuals.
Getting To Outcomes™ 2004: Promoting Accountability Through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
This comprehensive guide covers many aspects of developing and implementing a substance abuse prevention program, including needs and resources assessment, planning, and evaluation. The guide is also available in Spanish.
Step by Step Manuals
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Evaluation Working Group maintains this list of program evaluation manuals.
Understanding Evaluation: The Way to Better Prevention Programs
This handbook prepared for the U.S. Department of Education describes the why and how of program evaluation and outlines the steps of conducting evaluations. A section on “Interpreting and Reporting Evaluation Findings” discusses preparing a data analysis plan, using descriptive and inferential analysis, and interpreting evaluation findings.
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Data Analysis and Interpretation
Analysing
and Interpreting Data
(Guide to Project
Evaluation: A Participatory Approach)
This chapter of Health Canada’s evaluation guide
discusses how to analyze project evaluation information
and prepare evaluation reports.
Analyzing
Qualitative Data
(User-Friendly Handbook
for Mixed Method Evaluations)
This National Science Foundation handbook on mixed method
evaluations includes a chapter which outlines the process
of qualitative data analysis with tips and examples.
Data
Analysis
(AROW Module 6: Project Evaluation)
This section of the University of Syndey’s online
learning module includes a description of data analysis
and steps in the process.
Design,
Data Collection, and Data Analysis
(User-Friendly
Handbook for Project Evaluation)
This chapter on data collection and analysis in the
National Science Foundation’s handbook on project
evaluation includes details on the steps for quantitative
data analysis. Samples are included.
How
Do You Make Sense of Evaluation Information?
(The Program Manager's Guide to Evaluation)
This chapter in ACF’s evaluation guide helps educate
managers about the basics of analyzing evaluation data
so that they can contribute in the process of analyzing
and interpreting the data.
Justify
Conclusions
(Introduction to Program Evaluation
for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs)
This chapter of CDC’s evaluation manual discusses
how to prepare data and analyze and interpret findings.
Pitfalls
of Data Analysis (or How to Avoid Lies and Damned Lies)
This paper developed by Clay Helberg of SPSS, Inc.,
examines issues that people often overlook in their
data analysis and ways people sometimes "bend the
rules" of statistics to support their viewpoint.
It also discusses ways you can make sure your own statistics
are clear and accurate.
Qualitative
Analysis
The American Evaluation Association maintains this list
of companies that provide software designed for the
analysis of qualitative data.
Topics
in Statistical Data Analysis: Revealing Facts from Data
This web site prepared by Dr. Hossein Arsham at the
University of Baltimore offers information on high level
statistical data analysis, including time series analysis,
popular distributions, and the use of computers in statistical
data analysis. The resource lists related books and
links to related Web sites.
Using
Evaluation Findings for Decision Making
(Evaluating Drug Control and System Improvement Projects)
This section of a handbook developed for the National
Institute of Justice discusses how to prepare evaluation
reports so that findings are relevant to decision makers,
covering topics such as the need to write for the intended
audience and how to communicate findings in understandable
terms.
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