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Theories of Eval TIG Week: Application of the Fourth Generation or Constructivist Evaluation to Health Benefits of Moderate Drinking by Gisele Tchamba

Leave a Comment / Theories of Evaluation / May 2, 2018 April 15, 2018

Hello! I am Gisele Tchamba, past Chair of Behavioral Health TIG and Founder of ADR Evaluation Consulting. Valuing from the Fourth Generation Evaluation (FGE) Perspective – Evaluation theorists in the valuing branch of Alkin’s theory tree have different views of valuing. Some share the perspectives of Third Generation Evaluation in which the evaluator as judge …

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FIE TIG Week: So you think math is an objective science? Think again. By Heather Krause

7 Comments / Feminist Issues in Evaluation / March 6, 2018 March 3, 2018

Hi, I’m Heather Krause a mathematical statistician, data scientist and founder of Datassist. After many years collecting data, conducting analysis, and designing data communication material across the globe it became really clear to me that data is never neutral. And that much of what we consider to be an objective science with “best practices” is …

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MIE TIG Week: Race and Class Exemplars from the GEDI15 Alumni Reflections Panel at EVAL17 by Frances Carter-Johnson

1 Comment / Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / January 9, 2018 January 5, 2018

Greetings, I am Frances Carter-Johnson, an Education Data Scientist responsible for evaluation, data analysis and building data analytic capacity within the National Science Foundation’s Division for Human Resource Development in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources. To continue to move the Race and Class Dialogue forward, I want to take this opportunity to highlight …

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NPF TIG Week: When Logic Models Alone Just Won’t Do—Use a Conceptual Framework! by Kristina Jamal and Jacqueline Singh

1 Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / October 11, 2017 October 6, 2017

Greetings, we are Kristina Jamal and Jacqueline Singh. In addition to being NPFTIG members, we serve on the PDTIG leadership team. Kristina is founder of Open Hearts Helping Hands (OH3), a nonprofit that collaborates with student-focused organizations and community members. Jacqueline is an evaluation/program design advisor and founder of Qualitative Advantage, LLC. We started working together …

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Evaluation Teams Week: Learning about teams as new evaluators by Audrey McIntyre and Michael Prideaux

Leave a Comment / Graduate Student and New Evaluators / August 17, 2017 July 29, 2017

Hi, we’re Audrey McIntyre and Michael Prideaux. We recently completed internships at The Improve Group, an evaluation consulting firm based in Minnesota. As new evaluators, we have interesting perspectives from serving on evaluation teams during our internships. We worked with The Improve Group colleagues and clients on projects for the Angel Foundation, the Highland Friendship …

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Is R right for you? If yes… by Pei-Pei Lei

6 Comments / Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / August 2, 2017 July 30, 2017

Greetings AEA community, I’m Pei-Pei Lei, a biostatistician in the Office of Survey Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Have you been looking to expand your skill set in statistical programming? Have you wondered if R is the appropriate statistical software package for your needs? The purpose of this post is to help …

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CP TIG Week: Community Psychology & Evaluations of Programs Serving Marginalized Groups by Ann Smith Pruitt

Leave a Comment / Community Psychology / July 24, 2017 July 25, 2017

Aloha! I am Anna Smith Pruitt, a community and cultural psychology doctoral candidate at the University of Hawai‘i at M?noa. I currently work with Dr. Jack Barile and his Ecological Determinants Lab evaluating community mental health and housing programs that serve people experiencing severe mental illness and homelessness on O‘ahu. These program participants are medically …

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Aligning concepts and language demystifies evaluation by Jane Fields and Tim Sheldon

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / July 9, 2017 July 8, 2017

Hi from Jane Fields and Tim Sheldon, Research Associates at the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) at the University of Minnesota. CAREI is an independent research and evaluation center in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at the University of Minnesota. As part of our work at CAREI, we serve …

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The Improve Group Week: Better together: approaching an evaluation as an equal by Claire Stoscheck

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / June 30, 2017 June 16, 2017

Hi, I’m Claire Stoscheck, a Research Analyst with The Improve Group, an evaluation consulting firm based in Minnesota. I wanted to share with you an important part of this work, and one I am constantly reminded of – how creating space for clients to contribute their specialized knowledge leads to innovation and great ideas in …

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