Evaluation Uncertainty

September 6, 2010May 13, 2019 jamorell Unintended consequences

Efficiently (on the cheap) and effectively evaluating training with uncertain outcomes

Effective workshop evaluation on the cheap.

August 5, 2010May 13, 2019 jamorell Agent-based Modeling as an Evaluation Tool

Integrating Evaluation and Agent-Based Modeling

An argument for integrating agent based modeling into traditional evaluation methodologies

July 24, 2010April 28, 2013 jamorell Unintended consequences

Looking for examples of unexpected program outcome

Looking for examples of unexpected program outcome.

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.