Making notes on PDFs without computer or paper July 7, 2022 If you’re like me: you have to read plenty of PDFs you long ago gave up printing them all out you also can’t stand reading them on a computer Publications June 26, 2022 research I just realised an easy way to put a whole folder of my publications on the web using Google Drive. https://bit.ly/sp99-publications. This page causal-map April 22, 2021 Causal Map intro September 24, 2020 causal-mapping causal map intro Causal Mapping - an earlier guide July 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 The walk to school in Sarajevo July 28, 2020 photos the walk to school in sarajevo Glitches July 28, 2020 This blog is hosted at blot.im which is a wonderfully simple service. Yesterday I added another blog on the same account and the dates of some of Draft blog post for AEA365 July 27, 2020 social research This is a blog post I’m working on for the AEA365 blog, we’re going to do a series on the Theories of Evaluation TIG. Hi, I’m Steve Powell, a 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 Inventory & analysis of small conservation grants, C&W Africa - Powell & Mesbach! Lots of charts! July 27, 2020 r & dataviz & conservation & IUCN & Africa & reproducibleResearch & evaluation 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 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 rbind.fill for 1-dimensional tables in r July 27, 2020 r I have two one-dimensional frequency tables resulting from say the baseline and endline of a survey, recording say membership of 5 age groups. The yED graph editor July 27, 2020 Here I’m going to make some notes about using yED graph editor for Theory of Change diagrams. I’ll add to it as I find out more. TL;DR: Seems like a Examples of trivial graph format July 27, 2020 tgf Can be imported by yED. The simplest version is this: etc. This version allows you to have longer node labels: (a Using attr labels for ggplot July 27, 2020 r In social sciences, variables often have long and informative labels. Mostly they are too long to put into variable names, and often you want to An evaluation puzzle: “Talent show” July 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” July 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” July 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 July 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” July 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