Evaluation Uncertainty

June 27, 2013May 12, 2019 jamorell Evaluation as a Discipline and a Profession

Using an evolutionary biology view to connect the intellectual development of evaluation and the development of the evaluation community

This post is an update to a post I did some time ago. I am adding to it based on some conversations I recently had at the annual meeting of the Canadian Evaluation Society. The topic I’m dealing with is the development of “Evaluation” through the lens of evolutionary biology. There are two related issues: … Continue reading Using an evolutionary biology view to connect the intellectual development of evaluation and the development of the evaluation community

May 6, 2013May 28, 2019 jamorell Practical Ways to use Complexity to do Evaluation

Simple, Complicated, Complex and Chaotic VS. Complexity Science. Jonny finally resolved his confusion

May 5, 2013May 13, 2019 jamorell Miscenaneous

A rolling conversation about the “Agreement x Certainty” space.

ECLIPS (Evaluation Communities of Learning, Inquiry, and Practice about Systems) is a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation to improve the evaluation programs that support Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The project is housed at InSites. Beverly Parsons is the PI. I am on the advisory board. Recently I and some of the … Continue reading A rolling conversation about the “Agreement x Certainty” space.

April 28, 2013May 13, 2019 jlfrancis Unintended consequences

Azenet Book Club – Life Cycles, Rigid evaluation requirements, and Implementation theory

Discussion in the first session of the Azenet Tucson book club -- th Theory; using explanatory power section with the introduction to life cycle behavior (p.49). The most common evaluation activity among our members is evaluation of state or federally funded programs (DOE, SAMHSA, OJJDP, BJA). Common characteristics: programs have a few years to implement an … Continue reading Azenet Book Club – Life Cycles, Rigid evaluation requirements, and Implementation theory

April 28, 2013May 28, 2019 jamorell Program Sustainability, Replication and Scale-up

What is the relationship between path dependence and system stability? With explanation of why I care.

What is the relationship between path dependence and system stability?

April 13, 2013May 13, 2019 jamorell Practical Ways to use Complexity to do Evaluation, Program Theory and Program Logic

Power Law Versus Symmetrical Distributions — Implications for Policy Recommendations

I’d bet that when people look at the results of an evaluation they think in terms of normal, or at least symmetrical distributions. They do not envision power law

November 18, 2012May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Sustainability, Replication and Scale-up

Understanding sustainability – systems as a framework, thermodynamics as a metaphor

November 18, 2012April 28, 2013 jamorell Unintended consequences

Michael Bamberger has provided a case of unintended consequences: How a school breakfast program became a community nutrition program

How a school breakfast program became a community nutrition program

November 13, 2012May 13, 2019 jamorell Unintended consequences

Follow-up to AEA Think Tank session: Identifying Unintended Consequences of Development Programs

November 11, 2012May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Theory and Program Logic

AEA 2012 Workshop on logic models – Pre-conference email trail with participants.

Prior to presenting my workshop this year I conducted an email conversation with participates. The technology was crude. I sent out email and asked people to hit “reply all”. Below are the (mostly unedited) comments. My responses to the participates are in CAPS. The workshop slides can be downloaded from my digital scrapbook, aka http://www.jamorell.com/. … Continue reading AEA 2012 Workshop on logic models – Pre-conference email trail with participants.