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Qualitative Methods

Video in #Eval Week: William Rickards on Video Interviewing in Evaluation Inquiry

Leave a Comment / Assessment in Higher Education, Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / April 2, 2013

My name is William Rickards; I am currently senior research associate in the Office of Program Accreditation and Evaluation at USC Rossier School of Education. My career has largely been focused in higher education, although I have worked in program evaluation in delinquency prevention, youth services, and in a range of educational and social services. …

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Linda Cabral and Laura Sefton on Using Voice Recognition Software for Transcription

6 Comments / Health Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / March 27, 2013

Hello, we are Linda Cabral and Laura Sefton from the Center for Health Policy and Research at UMass Medical School. We often collect qualitative data from interviews and focus groups. One challenge we frequently face is how to quickly and efficiently transcribe audio data. We have experimented using voice recognition software (VRS), and we’d like …

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Christine Johnson and Terri Anderson on the Quality Improvement – Evaluation Connection

Leave a Comment / Health Evaluation, Internal Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / March 8, 2013

Hi, we are Christine Johnson and Terri Anderson, members of the Massachusetts Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative (MA-PCMHI). MA-PCMHI is Massachusetts’ state-wide, multi-site PCMH demonstration project engaging 46 primary care practices in organizational transformation to adopt the PCMH primary care model.  Our roles as Transformation and Quality Improvement Director (Christine) and Qualitative Evaluation Study Team …

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Johanna Morariu, Kat Athanasiades, and Ann Emery on New Research: The State of Evaluation 2012

5 Comments / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building, Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design, Research on Evaluation / March 7, 2013

Hello! We are Johanna Morariu, Kat Athanasiades, and Ann Emery from Innovation Network. For 20 years, Innovation Network has helped nonprofits and foundations evaluate and learn from their work. In 2010, Innovation Network set out to answer a question that was previously unaddressed in the evaluation field—what is the state of nonprofit evaluation practice and …

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LAWG Week: Megan Grimaldi on Using NVivo to Examine Trends in a National Nonprofit Network

2 Comments / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / March 6, 2015

Welcome to the Evaluation 2013 Conference Local Arrangements Working Group (LAWG) week on aea365. I’m Megan Grimaldi from Communities In Schools.  When I think about how I’ve grown in my life, I see a cycle.  I start out with a goal or a need (wanting to lose weight); I work with supportive people who can help …

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Enid Schmidt on Three Free Qualitative Methods Resources to Elevate Your Inquiry

4 Comments / Qualitative Methods / January 29, 2013

Friends and colleagues, I am Enid Schmidt and I have been conducting qualitative and quantitative research for over twenty years both as a consultant and as an internal evaluator. Ironically, I find that there are relatively few qualitative online resources, at least when compared to the myriad quantitative offerings. Here, I share three of my …

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Fatima Frank and Greg Lestikow on Using a Participatory Ranking Methodology in Focus Groups for Sensitive Topics

1 Comment / Qualitative Methods / November 27, 2012

Hello, we are Greg Lestikow, CEO and Fatima Frank, Project Manager of evalû, a small consulting firm that focuses exclusively on rigorous evaluations of social and economic development initiatives.  We champion impact evaluation that maintains academic rigor but is based entirely on our clients’ need to improve strategic and operational effectiveness and increase profitability. In …

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Laura Sefton on Getting Started with Atlas.ti Qualitative Analysis Software

2 Comments / Qualitative Methods / September 12, 2012

Hi! My name is Laura Sefton, Research Coordinator at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center for Health Policy and Research. My colleagues and I use Atlas.ti qualitative data analysis software to facilitate our program evaluation work. Atlas is one of several software packages available to evaluators. The Center chose to purchase Atlas (1) to …

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Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo on Using Summative Analysis Qualitative Technique in Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Qualitative Methods / August 30, 2012

I am Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo a Director for Program Evaluation with the Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Conducting qualitative research for evaluation purposes can be complex and often time consuming, particularly when dealing with large amounts of data. The use of Summative Analysis is useful technique to employ …

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Alice Hausman on Measuring Community -Defined Indicators of Success

2 Comments / Qualitative Methods, Youth Focused Evaluation / August 30, 2012

I am Alice Hausman, a professor of Public Health at Temple University. I have been working as a community based participatory research (CBPR) evaluator of youth violence prevention initiatives in urban environments for many years. Lesson Learned: Involve the Community in Identifying Measures and Data. As part of the participatory evaluation planning process, I always …

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