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Why an Evaluator's Toolkit
How to Use This Evaluator's Toolkit
Section 1: Why Evaluate?
- Accountability
- Describe, Monitor, and Document Your Program
- Resource Issues
- SUGGESTIONS & EXAMPLES: Begin an Evaluation Notebook
Section 2: How to Frame Evaluation Questions
Section 3: What Data to Collect
- Identify Kinds of Data Needed
- Decisions about Measurement Instruments
- Locating and Gathering Data
- Collecting Data on Program Improvement
- Why Develop a Timeline?
- SUGGESTIONS & EXAMPLES: Developing Your Data Collection Plan and Timeline
Section 4: How to Set up the Data Management System
- Dos and Don'ts of Data Entry and Management
- Spreadsheets and Types of Data
- Coding Your Data
- Preparing for Longitudinal Data Analysis
- SUGGESTIONS & EXAMPLES: Sample Spreadsheet & Codebook
Section 5: When to Use Which Types of Test Scores
Section 6: How in the World Do I Analyze The Data?
- Introduction to Analyzing Your Data
- What About Statistics?
- Basic Definitions
- How Different Kinds of Scores Can and Can't be Analyzed
- Matching Statistical Analyses to Evaluation Questions
- Example 1 – Question 1: Oral proficiency scores
- Example 2 – Question 2: Academic proficiency categories
- Interpreting Your Data
Section 7: How Can I Present My Evaluation Findings Effectively?
Section 8: Where and to Whom Should We Present Our Results?
Section 9: Step-by-Step Guide to Data Analysis & Presentation
Part A: Data
- Sample Spreadsheet
- Importing the Spreadsheet Into a Statistical Program
- Analyzing Categorical Data
- Analyzing Interval Data
Part B: Presentation
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