Resources
Want to learn more? Here are a few of my favorite sites, tools, and blogs.
Evaluation
- EvalCentral: 53+ blogs in 1 place
- aea365: Tip-a-day by and for evaluators
- Evaluation Flash Cards by Michael Quinn Patton and the Otto Bremer Foundation: ottobremer.org/sites/default/files/fact-sheets/OBF_flashcards_201402.pdf
- The Mountain of Accountability by Michael Quinn Patton and the Blandin Foundation: aea365.org/blog/de-week-wade-fauth-and-allison-ahcan-on-the-mountain-of-accountability/
Evaluation Organizations
- American Evaluation Association
- Eastern Evaluation Research Society
- Washington Evaluators
Chart Tutorials & Templates
Bar charts
Bullet charts
- Jon Schwabish’s bullet chart tutorial: policyviz.com/a-step-by-step-guide-to-making-bullet-charts-in-excel
Dot plots
- Introduction to dot plots: youtube.com/watch?v=1hP0yDMRxVc
- Stephanie Evergreen’s dot plot tutorial: stephanieevergreen.com/easy-dot-plots-in-excel
Sankey diagrams
- E90E50fx’s stacked column flow chart tutorial: https://sites.google.com/site/e90e50fx/home/stacked-column-flow-chart-with-excel
Slope graphs
- Cole Nussbaumer’s slopegraph template: storytellingwithdata.com/2013/11/slopegraph-template
Social network maps
- Social network analysis by Twitter hashtag with NodeXL: slideshare.net/j_morariu/sna-twitter-nodexleval13
Spotlight charts
- E90E50fx’s tutorial, inspired by Krisztina Sz?cs’ spotlight chart about film profitability: https://sites.google.com/site/e90e50fx/home/spotlights-chart-in-excel
Tables
- How to Make Your Tables Less Terrible by Darkhorse Analytics: http://imgur.com/ZY8dKpA
Tree maps
- Johanna Morariu’s introduction to tree maps for evaluation: aea365.org/blog/dvr-week-johanna-morariu-on-a-dataviz-technique-new-to-aea365-treemaps/
Waterfall charts
- Cole Nussbaumer’s tutorial on waterfall charts: storytellingwithdata.com/2011/11/waterfall-chart
Excel Tutorials
- Chandoo.org
- Datascopic
- Excel for Noobs
Geographic Maps
- presentationmagazine.com/editable-maps: Downloadable US and state maps
- colorbrewer2.org: Color advice for cartography
Color Tools
- design-seeds.com: Color palettes for slides and charts
- instant-eyedropper.com: Matching RGB codes
Fonts
- Font Squirrel: Download free fonts to use in Word, PowerPoint, and more
Presentations
- p2i.eval.org: The Potent Presentations Initiative
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