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2-for-1 Week: Paul Bakker on Using Google Consumer Surveys for Evaluations

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / October 18, 2015

Hi, I’m Paul Bakker. I run an independent evaluation consultancy, Social Impact Squared.  As an independent consultant, I don’t have a call centre to conduct population based surveys. However, a colleague (Brian Cugleman of Alterspark) introduced me to Google Consumer Surveys. I would like to share with you my research and trials into how Google …

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Ann Martin on Handy New Survey Features in Google Forms

2 Comments / Uncategorized / December 22, 2014

I’m Ann Martin, an evaluator working with a team of science educators and outreach professionals in Hampton, VA. I frequently employ Google Formsfor evaluation and even other projects. Forms are free, simple, intuitive for users, and get the job done. In the past, though, Google Forms had several notable limitations. If you found that Forms …

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Lisa R. Holliday on Creating a List of Unique Values with Power Query

1 Comment / Uncategorized / October 26, 2014

My name is Lisa R. Holliday, and I am an Evaluation Associate with The Evaluation Group in Columbia, SC. I was recently cleaning survey data and preparing it to be uploaded into a database. The survey had been offered multiple times, and I wanted to track the responses of participants who had completed the survey …

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YFE Week: Anne Gleason and Miranda Yates on Practical Tools for a Youth Research Camp

1 Comment / Youth Focused Evaluation / September 10, 2014

Hi, we are Anne Gleason and Miranda Yates from the Program Evaluation and Planning Department at Good Shepherd Services in New York City and we would like to share some tools we put together for a youth research camp. Two summers ago, we partnered with youth in one of our afterschool programs to conduct research …

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LAWG Week: Amber Hill on Boosting Online Survey Participation

Leave a Comment / Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / July 12, 2014

Hello! My name is Amber Hill and I am a research specialist at McREL International’s Denver, Colorado office. My work focuses on education research and my responsibilities include managing online surveys administered to state departments of education, districts, school staff, parents, and students in the United States, Pacific region, and Australia. Encouraging online survey participation …

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Ann Gillard on Measuring Fun in Summer Camp

2 Comments / Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / March 17, 2014

Howdy! I’m Ann Gillard, Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, located in Ashford, CT. The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp was founded by Paul Newman in 1988 and serves children and families in our region who are living with serious and life-threatening illnesses through summer camp, …

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Steve Young on Making Evaluation Surveys More Appealing

2 Comments / Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / March 17, 2014

I’m Steve Young, a recent evaluation post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) in Greensboro, NC. Currently, I work at Design Interactive in Oveido, FL. Have you ever thought about how you could make evaluation surveys more “catchy?” Rad Resource: Read “Contagious” by Jonah Berger which offers some research-based tips for how anyone …

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CEA Affiliate Week: Sarah Rand, Amy Cassata, Maurice Samuels and Sandra Holt on iPad Survey Development for Young Learners

1 Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Uncategorized, Youth Focused Evaluation / February 3, 2014

Greetings from the University of Chicago!  We are Sarah Rand, Amy Cassata, Maurice Samuels and Sandra Holt from Outlier Research and Evaluation at the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education. Our group recently evaluated two Chicago-based elementary education programs: Purple Asparagus, a nutrition education program and Science, Engineering, and Technology for Students, Educators, and Parents (SETSEP), a science …

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Carla Hillerns on Thoughtful Tokens of Appreciation to Encourage Study Participation

3 Comments / Uncategorized / September 19, 2013

Hello, fellow aea365ers! My name is Carla Hillerns and I manage research projects in the Center for Health Policy & Research’s Office of Survey Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Evaluation pumps me up because it offers the opportunity to discover ways to improve processes and results. To get there, my work relies …

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Ed Eval Week: Shelly Engelman and Brandi Campbell on The Advantages of Using Retrospective Surveys

4 Comments / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / May 6, 2013

Hi! This is Shelly Engelman and Brandi Campbell with The Findings Group, LLC, a private evaluation firm in Atlanta, GA. Evaluators typically implement pre/post surveys to assess programmatic impact on participants.  However, pre/post surveys are plagued by challenges: 1. Participants have difficulty responding to the “pre” survey items because they have little knowledge of the …

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