What Outcomes Should We Use? Effective Indicator Selection
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
10 to 11:30 a.m. PT / 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET
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The slides for this webinar are available for download here (PDF).
The recording for the webinar is available here.
At first glance, selecting an appropriate outcome indicator for a program or evaluation seems straightforward. A violence prevention initiative has been implemented, so compare the rates of violence before and after the program started. However, one may need to consider issues of relevancy, comparability and temporality in the process of selecting a suitable indicator. Even data availability itself can sometimes be a factor. This webinar will introduce some of these concepts, along with practical strategies for effective outcome selection.
Presenters include:
- Billie Weiss - UNITY Co-Chair; Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
- Paul Hsu - UNITY Team Member; Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
- Hosted by Annie Lyles - Program Manager, UNITY and Prevention Institute
Learning Objectives:
- Consideration of basic issues involved in outcome selection (relevancy, comparability, temporality, etc).
- Link appropriate outcomes to relevant stages of logic models.
- Provide and discuss examples from other UNITY projects.
Missed either of the other UNITY webinars in the Data & Evaluation Series?
- Learn about Los Angeles' Community Safety Scorecard, an innovative place-based evaluation model, by downloading the webinar slides or by listening to the recording.
- Learn how to measure success through various strategies for effective program evaluation, by downloading the webinar slides or by listening to the recording.
Other useful data & evaluation tools include A Guidebook to Strategic Evaluation and the UNITY RoadMap.