Theory Maker!
July 27, 2020
r & software & theorymaker & evaluation & mande & Theorymaker
“A theory of change for our project!” “Great, but so fiddly to actually draw.” Theory Maker is designed to meet this need. Theory Maker is a
Answering the “why” question: piecing together multiple pieces of causal information
July 27, 2020
Theorymaker & causal-mapping
((This is an abstract I just submitted to the 2019 DGeval conference in Bonn.)) We evaluators often ask questions about what causes what — because
Progress on the Causal Map app
March 30, 2020
evaluation & theorymaker & causalmapping & causal-mapping
I’ve been working more or less full-time on our app for causal mapping, now called simply “Causal Map” for over a year now. You can find out more on
Articles and presentations related to Causal Maps and Theorymaker
March 26, 2020
evaluation & theorymaker & visualisation
Here are some things I’ve already written as steps on the road to understanding causal mapping. If you’ve read any of these, you might be interested
Welcome to the Wiggle Room
August 29, 2018
evaluation & theorymaker & visualisation
Inspired by Judea Pearl’s new “The Book of Why”, and also by Nicky Case’s work on explorables, I’ve started work on a explorable web app. Pearl
A panel on visualising Theories of Change for EES 2018?
January 11, 2018
evaluation & theorymaker & visualisation
I am thinking of getting together a panel presentation on this topic for The European Evaluation Society conference in Greece 1-5 October 2018:
Links for my AEA eval2017 presentation, Washington DC
October 18, 2017
evaluation & research & theorymaker
AEA program listing. A short post here on this blog The book is not an easy read But there is an Epilogue right at the back of the book which
Showing developments over time in a Theory of Change: Unicode Sparklines ▇▆▅▃▂
September 21, 2017
Theorymaker
Sometimes in Theories of Change it is very useful to be able to present simple developments over time, for example an increase or decrease or
How to make Theory of Change diagrams with Theorymaker
February 15, 2016
theorymaker
Each line in the text box is one variable in the graph. A variable is any factor in your theory of change - something which could be different.
Causal diagrams and Theory Maker: left-to-right? bottom-up? top-down?
February 14, 2016
Theorymaker & TheoryMaker
There is an interesting discussion going on at LinkedIn about Theory Maker. One commenter asked why Theorymaker presents things left-to-right. This
The theory behind theories of change
February 11, 2016
theorymaker
This essay will look at the theory behind theories of change. First of all it is a quick introduction to my forthcoming book provisionally entitled
Theory Maker and markdown
February 8, 2016
r & software & evaluation & mande & markdown & Theorymaker & theorymaker
Theory Maker is a free and simple web app for making diagrams of theories of change etc. I already wrote about it. Its special feature is that you
The grammar of Theory Maker
February 8, 2016
Theorymaker & theorymaker
This is a quick summary. There are more details and examples here. Every line is either blank or defines a variable or a box. Just type characters:
Theory Maker - technical details
November 12, 2015
r & software & theorymaker & evaluation & mande
Theory Maker is a free and simple web app for making diagrams of theories of change, logframes, etc. Its special feature is that you can also create
Theory Maker - technical details
November 12, 2015
r & software & theorymaker & evaluation & mande
Theory Maker is a free and simple web app for making diagrams of theories of change, logframes, etc. Its special feature is that you can also create