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Evaluation Myths, Misconceptions, and Mistakes
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April 17, 2012
Dr. Lori Wingate—Assistant Director, The Evaluation Center, WMU
In this Eval Café session, Lori Wingate will engage participants in a discussion of some common misunderstandings when it comes to program evaluation language and practice. In a profession where virtually anyone can put “evaluator” on their business card, it is immensely important that we protect the integrity of the terminology we use and be conscientious about how our individual practices collectively influence the field. We will look at some widely repeated evaluation mistakes and missteps, consider the causes and consequences of these problems, and generate ideas about we can each work to set the record straight and keep in that way. Participants are invited to bring their favorite examples of evaluation myths, misconceptions, and mistakes to enrich and broaden the discussion.
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Meta-Analysis as a Method of Multi-Site Evaluation of International Development Programs & Projects
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April 10, 2012
Dr. Chris Coryn—Associate Professor and Director, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation Program, WMU
Kristin A. Hobson—Interdisciplinary Evaluation Doctoral Student, WMU
In this Evaluation Café, the presenters will demonstrate how meta-analysis methods can be used to study the effects of multi-site programs and projects, including how meta-analysis can be used to investigate and explain between-site variability. The presenters will also discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of the meta-analysis approach over more traditional multi-site evaluation methods using an example from a recent study of Heifer International projects in three countries.
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A Collaborative Partnership to Define and Measure Empowering Practice within a Domestic Violence Shelter Program
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April 3, 2012
Dr. Cris Sullivan— Professor, Ecological and Community Psychology and Coordinator, Violence Against Women Research and Outreach Initiative, MSU
The goal of empowerment-based programs is to help clients increase their personal, interpersonal, and political power. This talk describes a collaborative partnership with a domestic violence shelter program interested in evaluating how well they integrated the empowerment model into day-to-day service provision and whether their approach to empowerment-based service delivery was contributing to the intended “empowered outcomes” for the women with whom they work. In the presentation, I will describe how we jointly defined empowerment within this setting, how the empowerment-based practices and intended empowered outcomes were measured, and how the process has impacted the work of the advocates.
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