jamorell – Page 8 – Evaluation Uncertainty

February 2, 2020 jamorell Contributions of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology

Evolutionary Biology and Ecology as a Valuable Framework for Some Evaluation

Evolutionary Biology and Ecology as a Valuable Framework for Some Evaluation

January 4, 2020 jamorell Evaluation as a Discipline and a Profession

Protected: Is AEA pursuing the public good?

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November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 jamorell Contributions of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Practical Ways to use Complexity to do Evaluation

What does evaluation gain from thinking in alien terms? An argument for taking complexity and evolutionary biology seriously

What does evaluation gain from thinking in alien terms? An argument for taking complexity and evolutionary biology seriously -- constructs and methodology

November 4, 2019 jamorell Logic Models and Program Theory

Deriving Value from Models: Appreciating Partial Truth, Simplification, and Multiple Uses

I’m giving a talk at AEA 2019 in Minneapolis. The graphic summarizes the content. For the slides go here.

November 3, 2019November 3, 2019 jamorell Practical Ways to use Complexity to do Evaluation, Program Theory and Program Logic

AEA Professional development workshop on using complexity in evaluation

Material for AEA Professional development workshop on using complexity in evaluation

October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 jamorell Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

Complex behavior can be evaluated using comfortable, familiar methodologies – Part 4 of a 10-part series on how complexity can produce better insight on what programs do, and why

This is part 4 of 10 blog posts I’m writing to convey the information that I present in various workshops and lectures that I deliver about complexity. I’m an evaluator so I think in terms of evaluation, but I’m convinced that what I’m saying is equally applicable for planning.

October 14, 2019 jamorell Assumptions in Program Design and Evaluation

Embracing Uncertainty: The case for mindful development

Embracing Uncertainty: The case for mindful development

October 12, 2019October 12, 2019 jamorell Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

Ignoring complexity can make sense – Part 3 of a 10-part series on how complexity can produce better insight on what programs do, and why

Ignoring complexity in program design and evaluation can make sense

October 11, 2019 jamorell Contributions of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology

Can Knowledge of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology Inform Evaluation?

Can Knowledge of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology Inform Evaluation? I’m always interested in having people point out the error of my ways.

October 10, 2019 jamorell Practical Ways to use Complexity to do Evaluation, Program Sustainability, Replication and Scale-up

A Model for Evaluation of Transformation to a Green Energy Future

Because transformation is a complex process, any theory of change used to understand or measure it must be steeped in the principles of complexity.

Eat dessert first. Life is uncertain.
Good advice. True observation.

Any yet, we must soldier on, trying to predict what will happen and to explain why things work out as they do. My professional life has grappled with prediction and explanation through the lens of program evaluation. I have come to appreciate how much, and how little, evaluation can tell us. Sometimes it is “much”. Sometime is “little”. Sometimes it is “much” and “little” at the same time. This blog expresses my engagement with what evaluation can do, what it cannot do, what it should do, and what it should not do. About the graphic.