Choosing Methods for Your Evaluation

Writing Survey Items

Designing and Administering Surveys

Resources mentioned in this video:

Questionnaire Design – Pew Research Center

Writing Survey Questions – Grand Canyon University Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching

Survey Research Methods (Fowler) 

Internet, Phone, Mail, and Mixed-Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method (Dillman et al.) 

Resources mentioned in this video:

Questionnaire Design – Pew Research Center

Internet, Phone, Mail, and Mixed-Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method (Dillman et al.) 

Focus Groups

Interviews

Observations

Resources mentioned in this video:

Focus Group Quick Tips – University of Wisconsin Extension

Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research (Krueger and Casey)

Resource mentioned in this video:

Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data (Rubin and Rubin)

Resources mentioned in this video:

Data Collection Methods for Program Evaluation: Observation

How to Plan and Conduct Direct Observation