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.
Evaluation Planning
- Planning a Program Evaluation
- Planning a Program Evaluation Worksheet
- Developing a Concept of Extension Program Evaluation
- Evaluation Designs Common in Measuring Outcomes
- Basic Evaluation Questions for Extension Education Programs
- When to Use the Retrospective Post-then-Pre Design
- Considerations for Using Computer-Based Surveys
- Six Steps to Take for Easier Follow-Up Evaluations – Before You Teach Your Program
- Think about These Questions Before You Create a Basic End-of-Session Evaluation
- Avoid These Mistakes in Your Program Evaluation
- Sources of Evaluation Information
- Glossary of Common Evaluation Terms
Methods
- Questionnaire Design: Asking Questions with a Purpose
- Sampling
- Collecting Data: An Overview of Sources and Methods
- Ways to Improve the Quality of Your Program Evaluations
- Methods for Collecting Information
- Collecting Data: Direct Observation
- Collecting Data: Surveys
- Survey Procedures
- Affinity Diagram
- Focus Group Interviews
- Nominal Group Technique
- Collecting Data: End of Session Questionnaires
- Evaluating Collaboratives: Reaching the Potential
- Focus Groups
- Participatory Evaluation
- Probing Questions in Interviews
- Evaluate the Impact of a Media Campaign: Tobacco Control Example
- When to Use the Retrospective Post-then-Pre Design
Analysis and Use
- Analyzing Quantitative Data
- Analyzing Qualitative Data
- Community Group Member Survey: Using the Results
- Using Graphics to Report Evaluation Results
- Using Excel for Analyzing Survey Questionnaires
- Analysis of Retrospective Post-then-Pre Data
- Make Certain Your Electronic Data Are Accurate
- Record the Decisions You Make with Your Data
- 10 Steps to Make Sense of Answers to Open-Ended Questions
- What You Should Do If You Haven’t Gotten a Respectable Response Rate
- How to Get a Respectable Response Rate
- Don’t Average Words
- Basics of Good Evaluation Reporting
