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- 10:13, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+710) . . N Performance Monitoring (Created page with "{{Term|PERFORMANCE MONITORING|A process that continuously gathers and analyses data and other information for purposes of comparing programme, project or policy performance again...")
- 10:12, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+674) . . N Performance Indicator (Created page with "{{Term|PERFORMANCE INDICATOR|A quantitative or qualitative variable that allows the verification of changes produced by a programme or project relative to what was planned. For e...") (top)
- 10:11, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+69) . . Books and Articles
- 10:10, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,611) . . N Organizational Culture (Created page with "{{Term|ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE|Refers to a set of norms, beliefs, principles and ways of behaving that together give each organization a distinctive character <ref>Brown, A. Organ...")
- 10:07, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+28) . . Websites
- 10:06, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,386) . . N Organizational Change (Created page with "{{Term|ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE|Is a process by which an organization alters its structures and/or culture due to internal or external factors in a bid to strengthen itself or achie...")
- 10:03, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+720) . . N Observation (Created page with "{{Term|OBSERVATION|Refers to a data collection strategy in evaluation that relies on first-hand experiences of places, activities and events. Observation can be formal (e.g. usin...")
- 10:01, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+571) . . N Objective (Created page with "{{Term|OBJECTIVE|Describe an overall desired achievement involving a process of change and aimed at meeting certain needs of identified end-users in a given period of time. A goo...")
- 09:59, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Monitoring
- 09:59, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,470) . . N Monitoring (Created page with "{{Term|MONITORING|A periodic assessment by programme or project managers of the progress in achieving the expected accomplishments and delivering the final outputs in comparison...")
- 09:56, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+25) . . Websites
- 09:55, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+332) . . N Mode (Created page with "{{Term|MODE|Is the most frequently occurring value in a data set. In training evaluation, the mode is the most frequently cited value in a range of evaluation criteria using the ...")
- 09:53, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+474) . . N Methodology (Created page with "{{Term|METHODOLOGY|A description of how something will be done. It is a set of analytical methods, procedures and techniques used to collect and analyze information appropriate f...")
- 09:52, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+20) . . Websites
- 09:51, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+714) . . N Meta-Evaluation (Created page with "{{Term|META-EVALUATION|An evaluation that aggregates the findings from a series of evaluations. It can be considered as an expert review of one or more evaluations against profes...")
- 09:35, 18 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+661) . . N Merit (Created page with "{{Term|MERIT|The absolute or relative quality of something overall or in regard to a pre-determined criteria. The merit of a given evaluand in relation to a particular criteria i...")
- 16:39, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,362) . . N Logic Model (Created page with "{{Term|LOGIC MODEL|Is an articulate model of how a project or programme is intended to contribute to its stated outcomes. A logic model can be a narrative or graphical depiction...")
- 16:33, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+853) . . N Logical Framework Approach (Created page with "{{Term|LOGICAL FRAMEWORK APPROACH|Unlike the logical framework (logframe) which in its simplest form is a document, the logical framework approach is a programme or project desig...")
- 16:31, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (-4) . . Logical Framework
- 15:53, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,392) . . N Logical Framework (Created page with "{{Term|LOGICAL FRAMEWORK|A logical framework (commonly known as a logframe) links activities results, purpose and objectives of a programme, project or policy in a hierarchical...")
- 14:18, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Kirkpatrick Model
- 14:18, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+181) . . Books and Articles
- 14:13, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+4,088) . . N Kirkpatrick Model (Created page with "{{Term|KIRKPATRICK MODEL|Is one of the most widely used approaches for evaluating training programmes. The Kirkpatrick Model's popularity as an training evaluation tool is based...")
- 13:58, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+765) . . N Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (Created page with "{{Term|KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs)|Support a framework for strategic alignment between critical organizational success factors and quantifiable measurements of individual,...") (top)
- 13:58, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (-3) . . Websites
- 13:57, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+58) . . Websites
- 13:47, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+738) . . N Judgement (Created page with "{{Term|JUDGEMENT|Is an essential of evaluation that involves comparison and discrimination to arrive at knowledge of value and the relationship of things to each other, such as m...")
- 12:34, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,107) . . N Joint Evaluation (Created page with "{{Term|JOINT EVALUATION|Is an evaluation in which more than one organization participates. <ref>Imas Linda G. Morra, Rist C. Ray. The Road To Results; Designing and Conducting Ef...")
- 11:17, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,556) . . N Internal Evaluation (Created page with "{{Term|INTERNAL EVALUATION|Focuses on evaluating an organization’s own programmes using its own evaluators. The following characteristics distinguish internal evaluations from ...")
- 11:13, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+778) . . N Intended Uses (Created page with "{{Term|INTENDED USES|Evaluation findings and recommendations can be put to many uses. This may include programme improvement, making judgment of merit and worth , generating less...")
- 11:09, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+675) . . N Intended Users (Created page with "{{Term|INTENDED USERS|Are not passive stakeholders or audiences but actual primary intended users with a commitment to concrete use of evaluation findings and recommendations. Wh...")
- 11:08, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Inputs
- 11:02, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+639) . . N Inputs (Created page with "{{Term|INPUTS|Refer to the material, human, financial and other resources required to accomplish programme, project or policy outcomes in a satisfactory manner.<ref>[http://www.u...")
- 11:00, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+643) . . N Indicator (Created page with "{{Term|INDICATORS|Is a quantitative or qualitative measure of programme performance that is used to demonstrate change and which details the extent to which programme results are...")
- 10:59, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+567) . . N Impartiality (Created page with "{{Term|IMPARTIALITY|An evaluation stance that implies a lack of preference by the evaluator for the values or aims of any interest group in a programme or project and expressing ...")
- 10:56, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Impact Evaluation
- 10:55, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+960) . . N Impact Evaluation (Created page with "{{Term|IMPACT EVALUATION|Is a type of evaluation that focuses on the outcomes or impact of a programme, project or policy. An impact evaluation attempts to make a " casual infere...")
- 10:41, 12 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+428) . . N Impact (Created page with "{{Term|IMPACT| Can be positive or negative effects resulting from a programme or project targeted at specific individuals, groups or entities.<ref>[http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/...")
- 16:10, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (-13) . . Evaluation Standards
- 16:05, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,692) . . N Guiding Principles for Evaluators (Created page with "{{Term|GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR EVALUATORS|According to the American Evaluation Association, Guiding Principles are intended to "guide the behavior of evaluators proactively and to...")
- 14:58, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+23) . . Websites
- 14:44, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,138) . . N Goal-Free Evaluation (Created page with "{{Term|GOAL-FREE EVALUATION|Developed by Michael Scriven, this approach is premised on the assumption that an evaluation should establish the value of a programme by examining wh...")
- 14:24, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+347) . . N Goal (Created page with "{{Term|GOAL|The higher-order aim to which a programme or project is intended to contribute. A goal can be a statement of longer-term intent.<ref>[http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/me...")
- 14:23, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+353) . . N Finding (Created page with "{{Term|FINDING|A factual statement about a programme or project based on empirical evidence gathered through monitoring and evaluation activities.<ref>[http://www.un.org/Depts/o...")
- 14:18, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Evaluation Standards
- 14:18, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,627) . . N Evaluation Standards (Created page with "{{Term|EVALUATION STANDARDS|A set of criteria against which the completeness and quality of evaluation work can be assessed. The standards measure the utility, feasibility and p...")
- 14:17, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+22) . . Websites
- 14:14, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+21) . . Websites
- 14:05, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+729) . . N External Evaluation (Created page with "{{Term|EXTERNAL EVALUATION|An evaluation performed by entities outside of the programme or project being evaluated.<ref>[http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/mecd/mecd_glossary/index.htm...")
- 14:03, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+472) . . N Ex-Post Evaluation (Created page with "{{Term|EX-POST EVALUATION|Is an evaluation carried out at the completion of a programme or project. The purpose of such an evaluation is to understand the factors of success or f...")
- 11:50, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+992) . . N Ex-Ante Evaluation (Created page with "{{Term|EX-ANTE EVALUATION|Is performed before the implementation of a programme, project or policy. Its purpose is to gather information and carry out analyses that help to defin...")
- 11:37, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,010) . . N Evaluator (Created page with "{{Term|EVALUATOR|Is a person of group of individuals that use credible and verifiable evidence to form conclusions about performance (e.g. programme or project performance, impac...")
- 11:36, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . Books and Articles
- 11:23, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+363) . . N Evaluand (Created page with "{{Term|EVALUAND|A generic term that applies to the object of an evaluation. Evaluand can refer to a person, policy, programme, product, policy, proposal or procedure being evalua...")
- 11:20, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+790) . . N Evaluability (Created page with "{{Term|EVALUABILITY|The extent to which a programme, project or can be can be subjected to an evaluation in a credible and reliable manner.<ref>[http://www.unfpa.org/monitoring/t...")
- 11:18, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+573) . . N Efficiency (Created page with "{{Term|EFFICIENCY|A measure of how well inputs (funds, expertise, time, etc.) are converted into outputs or results.<ref>[http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/mecd/mecd_glossary/index.ht...")
- 11:17, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+688) . . N Effectiveness (Created page with "{{Term|EFFECTIVENESS|The extent to which a programme or project achieves its planned results or expected accomplishments in terms of outputs, outcomes and goals. It is also po...")
- 11:15, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+934) . . N Data Collection Tools (Created page with "{{Term|DATA COLLECTION TOOLS|Methodologies used to identify information sources and collect information during an evaluation.<ref>[http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/29/21/2754804.pdf ...")
- 11:05, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+296) . . N Data (Created page with "{{Term|DATA|Specific quantitative and qualitative information or facts that are collected.<ref>[http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/mecd/mecd_glossary/index.htm Office of Internal Overs...")
- 10:58, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+637) . . N Credibility (Created page with "{{Term|CREDIBILITY|In evaluation, evaluators and evaluations should not only be valid but must be seen to be valid which denotes credibility which is a attribute of validity itse...")
- 10:58, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (-7) . . Books and Articles
- 10:54, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,141) . . N Conclusions (Created page with "{{Term|CONCLUSIONS|Represent reasoned judgments based on a synthesis of empirical findings or factual statements corresponding to specific circumstances. Conclusions point out th...")
- 10:51, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+685) . . N Best Practices (Created page with "{{Term|BEST PRACTICES|Are methods, processes or techniques that have shown consistently superior results than those achieved with other means. They are then used as benchmarks t...")
- 10:48, 11 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+823) . . N Beneficiaries (Created page with "{{Term|BENEFICIARIES|Describes entities, individuals, or groups which are either targeted or not, that benefit directly or indirectly from a programme, project or policy.<ref>[h...")
- 17:22, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Books and Articles
- 17:22, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . Books and Articles
- 17:21, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . Books and Articles
- 17:20, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,118) . . N Benchmarking (Created page with "{{Term|BENCHMARKING|Refers to a particular level of performance on a scale. The performance level may define a ‘benchmark’ that represents an exemplary standard in a program...")
- 17:19, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+56) . . Websites
- 17:15, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+803) . . N Baseline Study (Created page with "{{Term|BASELINE STUDY|Is an analysis describing the situation prior to the commencement of or programme or project or the situation following initial commencement of the programm...")
- 17:13, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+492) . . N Baseline (Created page with "{{Term|BASELINE|Data describing a situation to be addressed by a programme or project and which serve as the starting point for measuring performance. Baseline data collected be...")
- 17:12, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (-171) . . Assumptions
- 17:10, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,274) . . N Assumptions (Created page with "{{Term|ASSUMPTIONS|Are hypotheses about the external factors, influences or risks that might affect the progress or success of a programme or project.<ref>[http://www.un.org/Dept...")
- 17:07, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+97) . . Books and Articles
- 17:06, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+25) . . Websites
- 17:04, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,035) . . N Assessment Centre Method (Created page with "{{Term|ASSESSMENT CENTRE METHOD|Refers to a procedure for evaluating performance where knowledge, skills and attitudes are the most important outcome of a training programme. Usi...")
- 16:12, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . Websites
- 15:11, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+41) . . Argument
- 15:03, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+158) . . Books and Articles
- 15:02, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,043) . . N Argument (Created page with "{{Term|ARGUMENT|In evaluation, argument is the methodological reasoning used to persuade an audience of the value or worth of something. While they often do not find compelling c...")
- 15:01, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Appraisal
- 15:01, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Activities
- 15:01, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Accountability (top)
- 14:57, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Appraisal
- 14:56, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Appraisal
- 14:56, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . Appraisal
- 14:55, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,110) . . N Appraisal (Created page with "{{Term|APPRAISAL|Used as a form of ex-ante evaluation. An appraisal seeks to establish the relevance, feasibility and potential sustainability of a [[Progr...")
- 14:53, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Activities
- 14:53, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Accomplishment
- 14:52, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Accountability
- 14:50, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Activities
- 14:50, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . Activities
- 14:48, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . Accomplishment
- 14:44, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Accountability
- 14:21, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . Books and Articles
- 14:15, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . Activities
- 14:12, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+340) . . N Activities (Created page with "{{Term|ACTIVITIES|Are actions taken or work performed with the objective of transforming inputs into measurable outputs. <ref>[http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/mecd/mecd_...")
- 14:08, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Accountability
- 14:04, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+40) . . Monitoring and Evaluation Repository (→W)
- 12:15, 8 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+46) . . Monitoring and Evaluation Repository (→V)
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