Shutdown of the original Theorymaker Jan 2, 2024 Since about 2012 (I think) I’ve been providing an app called Theorymaker as a simple text-based way to construct theories of change for evaluators. About me Jan 1, 2024 I am an independent researcher and program evaluator; right now I am co-founder and Director at Causal Map Ltd. PhD CV PDFs of reports and Version 2 of Causal Map Guide Jan 1, 2024 Version 3 of the Guide to Causal Map is now live, but you can still find Version 2 here Causal Mapping - an earlier guide Jul 28, 2020 causal-mapping It seems like ancient history now, but I’ve just come across some writings from last year about causal mapping and our new app. Enjoy An evaluation puzzle: “Talent show” Jul 27, 2020 An NGO offers a play activity for Roma children, with the modest aim of “Providing safe and supportive spaces”. Most of the children don’t like the An evaluation puzzle: “Mobile first” Jul 27, 2020 Oxfam fixes the mobile network in the whole country, and Save the Children fixes the school. The school couldn’t have been fixed without the mobile An evaluation puzzle: “Many hands” Jul 27, 2020 In its report, CARE say they saved the villagers from being swept away in the flood. A critic argues, even if CARE hadn’t intervened An evaluation puzzle: Loaves and fishes Jul 27, 2020 Oxfam fixes the road after the flood, and Save the Children fixes the school. The school couldn’t have been fixed without the road. Both of the An evaluation puzzle: “Freak weather” Jul 27, 2020 Two NGOs prepare ships to help people stranded after a tsunami on a remote island. NGO A is well-prepared and sets sail in time. NGO B has barely An evaluation puzzle: “Billionaire” Jul 27, 2020 A billionaire left 10 million EUR in his will to establish a trust, with instructions that it should be used to “just do good”. During the ten years A starter kit for reproducible research with R Jan 11, 2019 R & reproducibleResearch This accompanies my draft short article for the UKES Bulletin: A reproducible workflow for evaluation reports. Here are just two files which How do you explain reproducible research to clients? Jan 3, 2018 reproducibleResearch & research Most of the statistics work I do now is reproducible research - this can offer a big advantage for clients but of course that doesn’t necessarily Moved to Clevedon, UK! Sep 4, 2017 This is just to say that I’ve moved with my family to Clevedon, UK - leaving Sarajevo after very nearly 20 years, … leaving a whole heap of dear Beaufort and Rubrics Jan 12, 2017 evaluation & research & outcome-mapping A quick post about the Beaufort scale for wind speed, see below, as paradigm of a rubric. Rubrics are really important in evaluation. The Beaufort Inventory & analysis of small conservation grants, C&W Africa - Powell & Mesbach! Lots of charts! Feb 19, 2016 r & dataviz & conservation & IUCN & Africa & reproducibleResearch Here it is at last This was an interesting job. We visited three countries, did a lot of interesting interviews, and a lot of data analysis. This Students in predominantly ethnic minority classes want segregated education very much. The others don’t. Oct 7, 2010 Bosnia-Herzegovina & education & ggplot & research I just did this for what will hopefully be a book chapter on our Divided Education - Divided Citizens research project with NEPC. Explanation Title: Tenses in Colour May 3, 2005 english & TEFL Decades ago I spent a lot of time working on how to present the English tenses to my language students. I came up with a set of colour-coded charts