Evaluation can be designed and implemented through a variety of approaches depending on evaluation purposes and uses. Robust evaluation requires effective planning, method selection, analysis and use.
While evaluation occurs at all levels of program development, it fits most closely into “Evolve the Effort” section of Extension’s Framework for Ongoing Program Development.
Expand the sections before for information related to each step.
Evaluation Planning
- Planning a Program Evaluation
- Planning a Program Evaluation Worksheet
- Evaluation Planning Worksheet- Short Version
- Developing a Concept of Extension Program Evaluation
- Evaluation Designs Common in Measuring Outcomes
- Basic Evaluation Questions for Extension Education Programs
- Think about These Questions before You Create a Basic End-of-Session Evaluation (2021)
- Considerations for Using Online Surveys (2021)
- Avoid These Common Mistakes in Your Program Evaluation (2021)
- Ways to Improve the Quality of Your Program Evaluations
- Sources of Evaluation Information
- Glossary of Common Evaluation Terms
Methods
- Methods for Collecting Information (2021)
- Collecting Data: An Overview of Sources and Methods
- Tips for Designing Questions for Stakeholder Conversations (2021)
- Direct Observation
- Surveys
- Sampling
- Questionnaire Design: Asking Questions with a Purpose
- Think about These Questions before You Create a Basic End-of-Session Evaluation (2021)
- End of Session Questionnaires
- Using the Retrospective Post-then-Pre Questionnaire Design (2021)
- How to Get a Respectable Response Rate (2021)
- Survey Procedures
- Affinity Diagram
- Nominal Group Technique
- Focus Groups
- Participatory Evaluation
- Evaluating Collaboratives: Reaching the Potential
- Evaluate the Impact of a Media Campaign: Tobacco Control Example
Analysis and Use
- Record the Decisions You Make with Your Data
- Make Certain Your Electronic Data Are Accurate
- Analyzing Quantitative Data
- Analysis of Retrospective Post-then-Pre Data
- Using Excel for Analyzing Survey Questionnaires
- Make Certain Your Electronic Data Are Accurate
- Analyzing Qualitative Data
- 10 Steps to Make Sense of Answers to Open-Ended Questions
- Don’t Average Words
- Community Group Member Survey: Using the Results
- Using Graphics to Report Evaluation Results
- Basics of Evaluation Reporting or Dissemination (2021)
Quick Tips
Below is a list of recently updated Quick Tips. Use these brief guides as reference when planning and implementing evaluation.
- Tips for Designing Questions for Stakeholder Conversations (2021)
- Methods for Collecting Information (2021)
- Think about These Questions before You Create a Basic End-of-Session Evaluation (2021)
- Considerations for Using Online Surveys (2021)
- How to Get a Respectable Response Rate (2021)
- Using the Retrospective Post-then-Pre Questionnaire Design (2021)
- Basics of Evaluation Reporting or Dissemination (2021)
- Avoid These Common Mistakes in Your Program Evaluation (2021)
