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