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How to plan for the staff, equipment, funds and other resources needed to conduct your evaluation.

Information to help you appraise and use secondary data sources. It includes types of evidence, common sources, checklist questions and an example of how to map evidence needs against data sources.

Summary of the most common approaches to evaluations: formative, process and summative.

Tools to identify, track and understand the needs of people connected to and affected by the service you're evaluating.

This toolkit help you consider the most important questions for an evaluation. It includes how to decide when evaluations are needed, what resources are needed, and checking if you're conducting an evaluation or research.

How to use a decision tree to define the types of information you'll need to gather in your evaluation.

This template sets out the key elements to consider when planning your evaluation.

An introduction to setting aims and objectives for an evaluation. It covers the benefits of involving service or project stakeholders and an example aims and objectives record.

Introduction to the different types of case study, what they're useful for, and case study steps and top tips.

An introduction to the different types of data, how they are collected and how to analyse them.