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Essentials of Survey Research and Analysis This workbook for community researchers includes chapters on survey basics, types of data, questionnaire formats, constructing questions and answers, assessing reliability, identifying research problems and defining solutions, sampling, coding and data organization, formatting and testing, storing data, data entry and quality control, analysis, and reporting. Author: Polland, Ronald J. Type: Workbooks & Guides Date: Jan 1, 2005 Be the first to review this resource! 
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Evaluation Essentials for Nonprofits: Terms, Tips, and Trends [Slides] These slides are an excerpt from a fuller presentation for the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, which was held on June 2, 2014 in Washington, DC. Author: Ann K. Emery and Johanna Morariu, Innovation Network, Inc. Type: Presentation Slides Date: Jun 2, 2014 
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Logic Model & Evaluation Plan Templates This handout accompanied an evaluation session for the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN), which was held in June 2014 in Washington, DC. The front page of the handout is a logic model template and the back page is an evaluation plan template. Author: Johanna Morariu, Innovation Network, Inc. Type: Templates & Samples Date: Jun 2, 2014 Be the first to review this resource! Download (120.48 KB) -
Terms, Tips, & Trends: Evaluation Essentials for Nonprofits (Mindmap) Are you ready to launch an evaluation, but not sure where to start? Wondering how much you should budget for it, or who should be involved? Although 90% of nonprofits are engaged in evaluation, it continues to be one of the most misunderstood and mysterious functions of nonprofit management. In this Evaluation 101-level webinar, Innovation Network's team introduced key evaluation concepts, approaches, and methods.
Author: Johanna Morariu and Ann Emery, Innovation Network Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Sep 30, 2013 Point K PickBe the first to review this resource! Download (316.27 KB) -
Terms, Tips, & Trends: Evaluation Essentials for Nonprofits (Slides) Are you ready to launch an evaluation, but not sure where to start? Wondering how much you should budget for it, or who should be involved? Although 90% of nonprofits are engaged in evaluation, it continues to be one of the most misunderstood and mysterious functions of nonprofit management. In this Evaluation 101-level webinar, Innovation Network's team introduced key evaluation concepts, approaches, and methods.
Author: Johanna Morariu and Ann Emery, Innovation Network Type: Presentation Slides Date: Oct 3, 2013 Point K PickBe the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Utilization Focused Evaluation Checklist Utilization-Focused Evaluation begins with the premise that evaluations should be judged by their utility and actual use; therefore, evaluators should facilitate the evaluation process and design any evaluation with careful consideration of how everything that is done, from beginning to end, will affect use. Use concerns how real people in the real world apply evaluation findings and experience and learn from the evaluation process. The checklist is based on Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation (Patton, 2012, Sage Publications). Author: Michael Quinn Patton Type: Research & Reports Date: Jan 1, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Download (595.48 KB)