Evaluation design for complex global initiatives : workshop summary / Steve Olsen, rapporteur.

Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2014]

169 pages : colour illustrations, charts ; 23 cm

Introduction and overview of the workshop -- Overview framework for complex evaluations -- Framing the evaluation -- Developing the evaluation design and selecting methods -- Mapping data sources and gathering and assessing data -- Applying qualitative methods to evaluation on a large scale -- Applying quantitative methods to evaluation on a large scale -- Analysis through triangulation and synthesis to interpret data in a mixed methods evaluation -- Evolving methods in evaluation science -- Lessons from large-scale program evaluation on a not quite-as-large scale -- Using evaluation findings and communicating key messages -- Envisioning a future for evaluation.

Contains bibliographical references (pages 115-116).