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jamorell Practical Ways to use Complexity to do Evaluation, Uncategorized, Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

Applying Complexity Science to Evaluation. AEA 2023 Professional Development Session

Here are the slides for the workshop. I have been doing all this research and writing because I'm convinced that we would do better work if we knew when and how the behaviors of complex systems should applied to the models we develop, the methodologies we construct, how we interpret data, and what we say … Continue reading Applying Complexity Science to Evaluation. AEA 2023 Professional Development Session

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Workshop: Drawing from Complexity Science to do Evaluation.

Slides for my AES Workshop: Application of Complexity Science to Evaluation are here. Topics I’ll cover are: Stability and instability in complex systems Talking to stakeholders about complex behavior Thinking in terms of the behavior of complex systems Pattern, predictability and how change happens as general themes. Methodologies we need to evaluate with respect to … Continue reading Workshop: Drawing from Complexity Science to do Evaluation.

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Six principles for applying complexity to the evaluation of transformation

Motivated by a survey I was asked to complete, I spent some time distilling my thoughts about how complexity can be applied to the evaluation of transformation. It came down to six principles. I have written a lot on this topic, so if anyone wants the gory details, just ask. Evaluators deal with complexity in … Continue reading Six principles for applying complexity to the evaluation of transformation

jamorell Complex Systems, Programs, and Evaluation, Practical Ways to use Complexity to do Evaluation, Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

Complexity in Evaluation: My Latest Thinking on What Matters

Over the years I have written, lectured, and done workshops about how (and when) Evaluation should draw from Complexity Science. Over that time my beliefs have evolved with respect to what aspects of Complexity Science matter, and how evaluation methodologies can be applied to understand program activity and the consequences of program action. This post … Continue reading Complexity in Evaluation: My Latest Thinking on What Matters