Program Theory and Program Logic – Page 2

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 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.

October 20, 2011May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Theory and Program Logic

Preparation for AEA workshop: Logic Models – Beyond the Traditional View: Metrics, Methods, Expected and Unexpected Change

Place for participants to state preferences about workshop content, to let others offer an opinion about content for a workshop like this, and for participants to get to know each other.

April 21, 2011May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Theory and Program Logic

Evaluating the relationship between development and democracy. Comments sought on draft of a presentation

February 11, 2011May 28, 2019 jamorell Evaluation as a Discipline and a Profession, Program Theory and Program Logic

AEA Session 2011 Development of a session on how ideology affects evaluation design

A discussion space for people interested in a session at AEA 2011 on how political ideology affects evaluation design.

November 16, 2010May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Theory and Program Logic

Looking for opinions about content — AEA workshop: Logic Models – Beyond the Traditional View: Metrics, Methods, Expected and Unexpected Change

The range of material we can cover during the workshop is much broader than time will allow. Please look through the slides (see attachment) and post your suggestions for priorities.

November 7, 2010May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Theory and Program Logic

Dealing with variability

As a result of some back and forth with members of AEA's Systems TIG, I have been thinking about the idea that over and above specific activities in any one organization, what's also important is its capacity to deal with variability.

October 13, 2010May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Theory and Program Logic

Looking for opinions about content — AEA workshop: Logic Models – Beyond the Traditional View: Metrics, Methods, Expected and Unexpected Change

Asking for opinions about content for AEA logic model workshop.

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.