Evaluation Tools and Links
Tools
Note: These tools were originally presented in the Evaluation Webinar series on Demonstrating Client Improvement to Yourself and Others. Check out the webinars!
- Excel Tracking Tool
- Effect Size & Paired T-test Calculator Tool
- Effect Size Calculator
- Chi-Square Calculation Tool for Dichotomous Data
- Correlation Calculation Tool
Links
- American Evaluation Association: A List of Online Resources
- Overview of Logic Models
- Logic Model Development Guide from the Kellogg Foundation (download .pdf document from Kellogg site)
- Nice, Short, Top 13 Things To Do When Specifying Evaluation Outcomes
- Essentials of a Good Psychological Test
- Repositories of Measurement Instruments and Associated Reviews
- How to Use Excel for Data Entry by the University of Tennassee's Statistical Consulting Center (a .pdf document)
- Effect Size Calculator
- Valentine, Jeff; Cooper, Harris. Effect Size Substantive Interpretation Guidelines: Issues in the Interpretation of Effect Sizes, Washington, DC: What Works Clearinghouse (2003). Article on Web (free); Full Article PDF (free)
- Reporting Stastics in APA Style
- American Evaluation Association: A List of Online Resources
Test-Retest, Interrater Reliability
- Instrument Reliablilty and Validity
- Wood, Marilynn J.; Kerr, Janet C. Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research: From Question to Proposal, Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers (2011). Read the section on Reliability, p. 209-215.