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EPE Week: Matt Keene on Fuzzy Logic Models – Embracing and Navigating Complexity

My name is Matt Keene; I work with the Environmental Protection Agency and coordinate the Environmental Evaluators Network. Chris Metzner (freelance graphic designer and data visualization artist) and Jeff Wasbes (independent evaluation consultant with ResearchWorks, Inc.) helped enormously with this post. In 2009 Oregon became the first state to enact a law requiring paint manufacturers …

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IC TIG Week: Marty Henry on Collaboration

2 Comments / Independent Consulting / April 4, 2011 September 1, 2011

Hi, I’m Marty Henry, founder and President of M.A. Henry Consulting, LLC in St. Louis, Missouri. As evaluators in a small, independent evaluation firm, the evaluation team at M.A. Henry Consulting is often asked to join others in joint evaluation ventures. We look forward to these invitations and are anxious to move forward with potential …

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MNEA Week: Beth Robelia on Using Online Focus Groups

1 Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation / March 18, 2011 February 28, 2011

My name is Beth Robelia. I am the proprietor of a micro-business that focuses on STEM education research, curriculum development and program evaluation. In evaluating the effectiveness of social media, the disbursed nature of users may make face-to-face focus groups impractical. Online focus groups can bridge the gap in geography by placing participants in an …

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Susan Eliot on Attributes of a Successful Qualitative Coder

3 Comments / Qualitative Methods / February 24, 2011 September 1, 2011

Hi. I’m Susan Eliot, an independent consultant who specializes in qualitative methods. I live in Portland, Oregon but work with nonprofit and government agencies nationwide. In addition, I write a qualitative blog and teach workshops on qualitative topics. Anselm Strauss once said: “Any researcher who wishes to become proficient at doing qualitative analysis must learn …

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DVR Week: John Nash on Tips for Submitting Proposals to the DVR TIG

1 Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting / February 11, 2011 February 10, 2011

I’m John Nash and I’m the program co-chair, with Stuart Henderson, for the American Evaluation Association’s newest Topical Interest Group, Data Visualization and Reporting (DVR TIG). I also blog at Reform By Design. I’m here to help you turn the work you may be doing with data visualization and innovative evaluation reporting into proposals for …

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DVR Week: Amy Germuth on Using Visual Design Principles

2 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting / February 10, 2011 February 3, 2011

……When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say’st, ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.’ – John Keats ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’ Hi, I am Amy Germuth, …

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Oscar Chavez on Lessons Learned in Evaluating High School Mathematics Curriculums

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / February 3, 2011 January 12, 2011

I am Oscar Chavez, assistant professor at the University of Missouri, co-PI of the COSMIC project. We are examining secondary students’ mathematics learning from textbooks embodying two distinct approaches to content organization: an integrated approach (e.g., Core-Plus Mathematics) and a subject-specific course approach (students follow an Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II sequence). The study was …

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Cindy Banyai on Creative Tech Tools for Participatory Evaluation

5 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / January 28, 2011 January 12, 2011

I am Dr. Cindy Banyai and I am the Executive Director of the Refocus Institute, a consultancy specializing in planning and training in participatory evaluation using visual methods. I have recently returned to the U.S. from working and researching in Asia, where I was a member and an editor for the English language journal of …

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Sudharshan Seshadri on Mapping Resources for Conducting Useful Evaluations

Leave a Comment / Evaluation Use / January 26, 2011 January 4, 2011

Hello! My name is Sudharshan Seshadri and I am currently pursuing my Masters degree in Professional Studies specializing in Humanitarian Services Administration. My earlier post was a congregation of resources useful in conducting program evaluations catering to stakeholders of the project. In this post, I had planned to address the concerns of mapping the available …

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WMU Scribing: Michael Kiella on Social Science Standards and Ethics

Leave a Comment / Research on Evaluation / January 19, 2011 January 19, 2011

My name is Michael Kiella. I am a student member of the American Evaluation Association, and a doctoral student at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo Michigan. I served as a session scribe at Evaluation 2010 for Session 393: Research on Evaluation Standards and Methods. For this post, I will focus on the presentation by Dr. …

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