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Latest evaluation techniques
The document outlines various evaluation techniques and tools used in project and program assessment, focusing on performance indicators, survey methodologies, and specific platforms for conducting surveys. Popular tools mentioned include Google Forms, SurveyMonkey, Typeform, Sogosurvey, Survey Gizmo, Client Heartbeat, Zoho Survey, and Survey Planet, each offering distinctive features for survey creation and analysis. The information highlights the importance of selecting appropriate tools for effective monitoring and evaluation.
Latest evaluation techniques
- 1. LATEST EVALUATION TECHNIQUES ANDTOOLS FOR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS Presentor: JOSEPH A. MAAS Source World Bank Operations Evaluation Department, 2002, Monitoring and Evaluation: Some Tools, Methods and Approaches, The World Bank, Washington, D.C
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- 3. The Logical Framework(LogFrame) Approach
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- 8. Public Expenditure TrackingSurveys
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- 11. COMPUTER AIDED OR ONLINESURVEY TOOLS
- 12. Monitor Google Forms •Lets you easily accomplish what you want. • Collect online survey responses. • Completely free and has no restrictions. • surveys you can create, • number of questions in each survey, • the number of responses you can collect. • You can also automatically export your results to Google Sheets for online access and sharing. • You can even add collaborators and embed surveys into emails.
- 14. Survey Monkey • SurveyMonkey is an online survey. • helps you to create and run professional online surveys. • It is very powerful and a well known online application. • Survey Monkey is perhaps the best known and most widely used. • Survey Monkey is on par with the industry standards. • Adds a lot of other features.
- 16. Typeform • Offers awide variety of question types. • Ex. • short text responses • long text responses • dropdowns lists • dates, multiple choice, picture choice, question groups • yes/no questions, ratings, opinion scales, and more.
- 18. SoGoSurvey • designed tomake survey creation and administration easy and painless. • Loaded with pre-built survey templates. • Produce a more custom template for more specific audiences and results. • Reach to your audience through any device. • Check out the results in detailed graphics as they come in. • Achieving quality responses is just the tip of the iceberg. • Extend your reach beyond geographical boundaries.
- 20. Survey Gizmo • Anadvanced survey tool. • Analyzes each of your surveys based on its accessibility. • How long it will take people to complete • You can’t access any of the responses until you upgrade to a paid plan. • Only free use is for measuring how accessible your surveys are.
- 22. Client Heartbeat • Builtfor measuring customer satisfaction. • Identify unhappy customers • Benchmark Against your industry • Measure and track customer satisfaction • Get testimonial, display and share them • Seamless integration
- 24. Zoho Survey • Allowsyou to create an unlimited number of surveys • Up to 15 questions and 150 responses each. • The features available in this version are fairly standard. • The paid versions offer a few unique features: • offline surveys • multilingual surveys • email notifications • advanced reporting.
- 26. Survey Planet • Anothereasy-to-use platform. • No restrictions on surveys, questions, or responses. • A solid choice for anyone looking to create and send simple surveys. • Their paid plans start at $180/year. • Custom survey themes • branching questions • non-branded surveys • additional question types • data exports • results in the form of charts.
Editor's Notes
- #3 Inputs, processes, outputs, outcomes and impacts Used for setting targets and measuring progress
- #4 Identifies objectives, expected causal links and risks. Vehicle for engaging partners and improve programme design.
- #5 Helps planning and management by identifying critical success factors Similar to the LogFrame approach Provides deeper understanding of the complex intervention. Helps in dentifying critical success factors.
- #6 Used to collect standardised information from a sample of people. Useful for understanding actual conditions and changes over time.
- #7 Providing decision-makers with views and feedback from beneficiaries and stakeholders Quick and cheap ways Views and feedback from beneficiaries and stakeholders. Include interviewing, focus groups and field observation.
- #8 They generate a sense of ownership of M&E results and recommendations, and build local capacity.
- #9 These trace the flow of public funds and assess whether resources reach the intended recipients. They can help diagnose service-delivery problems and improve accountability.
- #10 Assess whether the cost of an activity is justified by its impact. Cost-benefit measures inputs and outputs in monetary terms. Cost-effectiveness looks at outputs in non-monetary terms.
- #11 Systematic identification of the effects of an intervention on households, institutions and the environment, using some of the above methods. It can be used to gauge the effectiveness of activities in reaching the poor.
- #13 Lets you easily accomplish what you want. Collect online survey responses. Completely free and has no restrictions on the number of surveys you can create, the number of questions in each survey, or the number of responses you can collect. You can also automatically export your results to Google Sheets for online access and sharing. You can even add collaborators and embed surveys into emails. Plus, this is the only option on our list that doesn’t offer a “premium” version – meaning that you’ll have access to all of the features for free, and you don’t have to worry about Google trying to upsell you on advanced versions.
- #15 Survey Monkey is an online survey software that helps you to create and run professional online surveys. It is very powerful and a well known online application. Surveys are important to collect feedback, opinions, criticism and suggestions from the general public and customers. In the past surveys were normally printed and passed on to people to complete. With the introduction of online surveys collecting feedback became very easy as the manual element of the collation process was eliminated. There are a number of competitors in the online survey space but SurveyMonkey is perhaps the best known and most widely used. SurveyMonkey is on par with the industry standards, but adds a lot of other features that makes collection and analysis of data extremely simple.
- #17 Offers a wide variety of question types. including short text responses, long text responses, dropdowns lists, dates, multiple choice, picture choice, question groups, yes/no questions, ratings, opinion scales, and more. If you’re bored with the standard survey options and want to collect information from your respondents in a variety of ways, Typeform may be the way to go. However, the free version limits you to 100 responses per month.
- #19 Zoho Survey is designed to make survey creation and administration easy and painless. The system comes loaded with pre-built survey templates so you can create and conduct online surveys within minutes. You also have the option to produce a more custom template for more specific audiences and results. With Zoho Survey, you can extend your reach to your audience through any device, and check out the results in detailed graphics as they come in. Achieving quality responses is just the tip of the iceberg. Zoho Survey lets you share your materials anywhere. Do you prefer to host your surveys and questionnaires on your own website? Or do you up to have them embedded on other domain? Whatever your preference may be, Zoho Survey simplifies that for you. Surveys created using the Zoho Survey system are optimized for mobile devices. That means your respondents can easily access your questions and submit their answers wherever they may be. Poor internet connectivity is not a hindrance when collecting responses. Zoho Survey is able to get them even when they system is down or offline. You can upload them once your connection is back on. Extend your reach beyond geographical boundaries. Zoho Survey supports multiple languages. That means you can create surveys, have them translated to more than 30 languages, and start collecting responses from anywhere in the world. If opt to send your surveys via email, you’ll love Zoho Survey’s integration with MailChimp and Zoho Campaigns.
- #21 SurveyGizmo is an advanced survey tool that analyzes each of your surveys based on its accessibility and how long it will take people to complete. While it allows you to launch basic, branded surveys and collect responses, you can’t access any of the responses until you upgrade to a paid plan. As a result, its only free use is for measuring how accessible your surveys are – and if you want to do any more than that, you’ll have to upgrade.
- #25 A free account with Zoho Surveys allows you to create an unlimited number of surveys with up to 15 questions and 150 responses each. The features available in this version are fairly standard, but the paid versions offer a few unique features, like offline surveys, multilingual surveys, email notifications, and advanced reporting.
- #27 Survey Planet is another easy-to-use platform with no restrictions on surveys, questions, or responses, making it a solid choice for anyone looking to create and send simple surveys. Their paid plans start at $180/year and include custom survey themes, branching questions, non-branded surveys, additional question types, data exports, and results in the form of charts.