Pre- and post-tests collect and compare individuals’ responses before and after an intervention. You must have a method of identifying the participant so that you can measure the change from the first survey to the second. One potential way to both maintain confidentiality and link surveys from pre- to post is to anonymously generate ID codes for the participants. However, they need to be codes that can be easily recovered if needed and are unlikely to be duplicated across multiple respondents. This topic recently came up on an evaluation listserv.
August 15, 2013 - 10:24am
July 31, 2013 - 9:22am
Planning for the International Year of Evaluation in 2015 is taking off! Also referred to as EvalYear, it will be a unique opportunity to focus specifically on evaluation and its importance in the development and implementation of sustainable programs.
July 24, 2013 - 7:46pm
Four years ago, the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) began granting funds to help communities in Minnesota with the goal of making healthy choices be the easy choices.
June 21, 2013 - 1:45pm
Frequently, analysts or evaluators gather information of workers, children, programs, participants and so on, and subsequently realize that information is missing on some important variables for several respondents in the sample. For example, in a survey we have administered to artists in communities around the country, some artists choose not to report their interests in specific services or income level. Missing data is an issue in nearly every study, and the evaluator has to decide which methods are the most appropriate for dealing with this complex issue.
June 3, 2013 - 4:00pm
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May 29, 2013 - 5:26pm
The American Marketing Association defines market research as the process of using information to link the public to marketers. Investopedia says market research allows companies to better understand their target market and how they will respond to a product or service. Market research is traditionally seen as being used in the business sector.
April 25, 2013 - 1:09pm