A key element in the success or failure of surveys is the way that questions are worded. De Vaus (2002) provides a handy checklist that can help mitigate poorly pitched questions. The following...
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For a long time, I've been using the phrase 'theory of change' to express the idea that a project is essentially a social experiment, and that M&E is about testing the hypotheses implicit in the...
The ‘3Es’: a useful conceptual framework through which to judge any project performance
Is there a standard basis against which any aid project can be judged? It is a truism that any individual project takes place within a unique context in time and space, and so if...
Some friends and I will paddle our sea kayaks across Bass Strait (from Victoria to Tasmania, Australia) in March 2009. Why? We keep asking ourselves that question too…and it’s something...
I recently had a conversation with a senior bilateral aid donor official that confirmed a growing feeling I've had that the 'M&E bubble' may burst sometime soon. In recent years the...
A surprisingly common mistake that is made with the analysis and interpretation of M&E data is to try to treat categorical or ordinal data as though it is quantitative data (i.e. interval or...