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Carla Hillerns and Pei-Pei Lei on a Quest to Eliminate Double-Barreled Survey Questions

Leave a Comment / Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / December 20, 2015

We are Carla Hillerns and Pei-Pei Lei from the Office of Survey Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center for Health Policy and Research. We’d like to discuss a common mistake in surveys – double-barreled questions. As the name implies, a double-barreled question asks about two topics, which can lead to issues of …

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MVE TIG Week: Stephen Axelrad on Defining Evaluation in the Military

Leave a Comment / Military and Veteran’s / December 14, 2015

Hello, I’m Stephen Axelrad. As the chair of the Military and Veteran Evaluation (MVE) Topical Interest Group, one of the reasons why I wanted to start this TIG was to broaden the military’s understanding of what program evaluation is and broaden program evaluator’s understandings of what the military community is. While there are pockets of …

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MVE TIG Week: Stanley Capela on Tips for Evaluating Military Programs

Leave a Comment / Military and Veteran’s / December 14, 2015

My name is Stanley Capela. I am the VP for Quality Management for HeartShare Human Services of New York. In addition, I am a military peer reviewer for a nation accreditation organization where I have had the opportunity for participating on reviews for military family readiness programs as well as after school programs on military …

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MVE TIG Week: Pat Clifford on Context and Complexity in Military and Veteran Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Military and Veteran’s / December 14, 2015

I’m Pat Clifford, a consultant working with the Tristate Veterans Community Alliance and Program Chair of the Military and Veteran Evaluation (MVE) TIG. A prominent issue for our collaborative and many other veteran support organizations is the successful transition from military to civilian life. When approaching this task, it’s important for evaluators to recognize some …

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MVE TIG Week: Nathan Graeser on Using Initiative Grants to Improve Veteran Transitions

Leave a Comment / Military and Veteran’s / December 14, 2015

I’m Nathan Graeser with the Center of Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families (CIR) at the University of Southern California. Over the last three years, we have lead a collective impact movement dedicated to address reintegration challenges faced by our veterans, service members and their families. As the director/facilitator of the Los Angeles …

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MVE TIG Week: Sarah Baughman on Cultural Competence with Military Service Members

Leave a Comment / Military and Veteran’s / December 14, 2015

My name is Sarah Baughman and I am the National Project leader for the Military Families Learning Network (MFLN). The MFLN connects the resources of Land Grant Universities and Cooperative Extension with military audiences. Working across institutional cultural contexts has been one of our challenges. Our academic institutions have very different cultures than the military …

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MVE TIG Week: Stephen Axelrad on Military and Veteran Evaluation (MVE) Week

Leave a Comment / Military and Veteran’s / December 14, 2015

Hello, I’m Stephen Axelrad. As the chair of the Military and Veteran Evaluation (MVE) Topical Interest Group, I am very excited to introduce this upcoming week for AEA365 dedicate to military and veteran issues in evaluation. Last month, we made our Annual Conference debut. This week is an opportunity of us to introduce our TIG …

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Sheila B Robinson on Joining (or rejoining) the Tribe!

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / December 12, 2015

Hello! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with some Hot Tips about my favorite Rad Resource – the American Evaluation Association. Many members refer to AEA as their professional home, and while readers can take advantage of the many free resources available to all such as aea365 and our public eLibrary, …

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ACA TIG Week: Ivonne Chand O’Neal on the Use of Creativity Measures in Program Evaluation

3 Comments / Arts, Culture, and Museums / December 4, 2015

My name is Ivonne Chand O’Neal, Co-Chair of the American Evaluation Association’s Arts Culture and Audiences Topical Interest Group (TIG) and Chief Research Officer at Creativity Testing Services (CTS), a research consulting firm specializing in the creation and validation of creativity assessments, and applications of creativity testing in corporate, educational, and artistic environments. In this …

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ACA TIG Week: Setting the Stage: Evaluating Live Performance Attendance

Leave a Comment / Arts, Culture, and Museums / December 4, 2015

My name is Rekha S. Rajan and I am an associate professor at Concordia University Chicago and program leader for the Masters degree in grant writing, management, and evaluation. I am also the author of the books: Integrating the Performing Arts in Grades K-5, Grant Writing: Practical Strategies for Scholars and Professionals, and the forthcoming …

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