Dear Academics and Researchers,

Do you know what can quantitative evaluation offer you when you are trying to understand what is working and why in your programme, project or activity? The workshop Very Gentle Introduction to Quantitative Evaluation with Prof. Eric Jensen and Benjamin K. Smith, on 5 Sep 2017, will give you the information you need to decide how to evaluate your programme or activity using quantitative methods.

Registration is available from this event page: http://bit.ly/QuanEval

Questions about this workshop? Please email support@methodsforchange.org. Also, feel free to share with others who may be interested in this workshop.

Best Regards,

(apologies for cross-posting)

Fidany

Communications

Methods for Change
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Very Gentle Introduction to Quantitative Evaluation

How do you know what to measure and how? What can quantitative evaluation offer you when you are trying to understand what is working and why in your programme or activity? This workshop equips you with the information you need to decide how to evaluate your project, programme or activity using quantitative methods.

Event date: Tue, 5th September

Location: London, UK.

Standard & businesses:	£120
University Staff:	£96
Charities & unaffiliated:	£78
Students & unemployed:	£48

The link below takes you to the event page and provides more information. You can register from this page:

www.methodsforchange.org/event/very-gentle-introduction-to-quantitative-evaluation

Topics

Laying the foundations for good quantitative evaluation: How do you ensure your objectives are clear, specific and measurable?
Introducing the quantitative evaluation toolkit: Questionnaires, experiments, structured observation and quantifying open-ended data
How do you get a representative sample for your evaluation?
How do you ensure your quantitative evaluation plan is realistic?

Find out more

Dr. Eric Jensen (Dept. of Sociology, University of Warwick) is a world leading social scientist, specialising in evaluation research. Dr Jensen holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, He is the author of Doing Real Research: A Practical Guide to Social Research (SAGE).
warwick.academia.edu/EricJensen

Dr Eric Jensen

Benjamin Smith

Benjamin Smith is a researcher at the University of California-Santa Barbara's Department of Communication and Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies. He is an experienced social research expert, specialising in quantitative methods, marketing and market research. He has consulted as a statistics expert on numerous evaluations including the Manchester Science Festival in the UK.

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