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Subject: Data Collection Methods

Data Collection Methods can be broken down into:
Action Plan | Activities/Games | Audit | Award (applicaton for) | Carbonless Paper | Educator Record | E-mail | End of Workshop Survey | Exhibit Evaluation | Experiential | Focus Groups | Interviews | Listening Posts | Mail Surveys | Observation | Physical Evidence | Post Card | Post-Program Follow-up | Retrospective Questions | Self Assessment | Telephone | Web | Webinar

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PA Examples
Action Plan
TS18 Activity Oriented Evaluation   EX24 Training the Trainers: To What Effect?
         
Activities/Games 
TS18 Activity Oriented Evaluation   EX2 A Graphics Experience: Evaluating Human Relationships that Harm
      EX10 From The Woods
      EX28 Evaluating Participants' Expectations of a Program
         
Audit
      EX9 Impact of a Food Safety Program
      EX11 The Farm Safety Audit: An Educational Breakthrough 
         
Award (application for)
      EX24 Training the Trainers: To What Effect?
         
Carbonless Paper
TS18 Activity Oriented Evaluation      
         
Educator Record
      EX29 Can I capture information from interaction in a workshop as evaluation data?
         
E-mail
TS16 Evaluating a Conference    
TS22 Cover Letter for a Survey      
         
End of Workshop Survey
TS76 Evaluating an Event: When and How   EX6 Measuring the Impact of the Master Gardener Training Program 
      EX8 A Conference Evaluation
      EX12 Ornamental Plant Identification & Usage
      EX17 Food & Craft for Profit Evaluation
      EX23 A Needs Assessment Strategy for Women in Agriculture 
      EX24 Training the Trainers: To What Effect?
      EX25 Measuring Impact on School Age Students
      EX27 Video teleconferencing (VTC): does it work as an educational delivery method?
      EX30 When data entry is done by site instructors: Collecting & summarizing impact data for multiple levels of Extension (site, county, & state) using SurveyMonkey
      EX31 When data entry is done by a central office: Collecting & summarizing impact data for multiple levels of Extension (site, county, & state) using SurveyMonkey
Exhibit Evaluation
      EX19 Evaluating the Impact of an Extension Exhibit
         
Experiential
      EX2 A Graphics Experience: Evaluating Human Relationships that Harm
      EX10 From The Woods 
      EX16 A Graphic Experience: Dairy Beef Quality
      EX29 Can I capture information from interaction in a workshop as evaluation data?
         
Focus Groups
TS16 Evaluating a Conference   EX1 Adams County: Extension's Image 
TS22 Cover Letter for a Survey      
TS23 Using Mail & Telephone for Evaluation   EX14: Sunday Dispatch "Nutrition Corner" 
TS29 Focus Groups and 4-H and Youth Development   EX20 Using Focus Groups to Test a New Program
TS34 Increasing Response to Surveys   EX28 Evaluating Participants' Expectations of a Program
TS59 Creating Valid Answer Categories      
TS63 How Can I Make Sure my Video, Radio Clip, Poster, Brochure or Website will Have an IMPACT on the Target Audience      
TS69 Using Standard Phrases in Qualitative Interviews      
TS70 How Can I Conduct an Evaluation of My Newspaper Column?      
TS72 How Should I Deliver My Extension Program?      
TS73 Focus Group Moderator Critique      
TS79 Successful Tape Recording from a Transcriptionist's Point of View      
TS85 How Can I Increase the Number of Participants in my Program?      
         
Interviews
TS22 Cover Letter for a Survey      
TS28 Evaluating Community Outreach   EX7 Reduction of Tomato Disease
TS59 Creating Valid Answer Categories   EX20 Using Focus Groups to Test a New Program
TS69 Using Standard Phrases in Qualitative Interviews      
TS77 Women in Production Agriculture: A Hidden Audience in Your County?      
TS79 Successful Tape Recording from a Transcriptionist's Point of View      
         
Listening Posts
TS5 Listening Posts      
TS16 Evaluating a Conference      
         
Mail Surveys
TS22 Cover Letter for a Survey   EX6 Measuring the Impact of the Master Gardener Training Program
TS23 Using Mail & Telephone for Evaluation   EX14 Sunday Dispatch "Nutrition Corner"
TS33 Increasing Advisory Committee Interest in Programs      
TS34 Increasing Response to Surveys      
TS38 How Many Answer Categories are Correct?      
TS48 A Mail Survey to Older Citizens?      
TS51 Analyzing Knowledge Gain Using Excel      
TS52 Analyzing Before & After Data Using Excel      
TS53 Designing a Survey to Increase Response & Reliability      
TS70 How Can I Conduct an Evaluation of My Newspaper Column?      
TS74 Increasing Your Survey Response Rate      
         
         
Observation
TS28 Evaluating Community Outreach   EX4 Better Barnyard Management
TS37 Observation, an Underused Method to Collect Data   EX9 Impact of a Food Safety Program
TS61 Using Observation to Evaluate Skills   EX11 The Farm Safety Audit: An Educational Breakthrough
TS73 Focus Group Moderator Critique   EX29 Can I capture information from interaction in a workshop as evaluation data?
         
Physical Evidence      
TS3 Process Evaluation      
         
Post Card      
 TS21 When Should I Evaluate a Newsletter?   EX13 Capital Region Thermometer Card
         
Post-Program Follow-up
 TS21 When Should I Evaluate a Newsletter?   EX13 Capital Region Thermometer Card
      EX24 Training the Trainers: To What Effect?
         
Retrospective Questions
TS30 Reduce Bias with Retrospective Questions   EX6 Measuring the Impact of the Master Gardener Training Program
TS52 Analyzing Before & After Data Using Excel  

EX31

 When data entry is done by a central office: Collecting & summarizing impact data for multiple levels of Extension (site, county, & state) using SurveyMonkey
         
         
Self Assessment
TS4 Introducing an Evaluation   EX11 The Farm Safety Audit: An Educational Breakthrough
      EX23 A Needs Assessment Strategy for Women in Agriculture 
         
Telephone
TS9 Do Participants have Disabilities?   EX3 New Animal Shelter Design & Expansion
TS16 Evaluating a Conference   EX15 Better Kid Care Satellite Training
TS22 Cover Letter for a Survey      
TS23 Using Mail & Telephone for Evaluation      
TS25 Margin of Error: How to Explain It      
TS65 Volunteer Interviewers in a Phone Interview: What to Consider?      
TS67 A Phone Interview: Steps to Increase Response From Your Target Audience      
         
Web
TS16 Evaluating a Conference   EX26 A Needs Assessment Strategy for Volunteer Development: Phase I: What do Extension Staff who Work with Volunteers Need?
TS22 Cover Letter for a Survey      
         
Web
TS90 How to think about evaluating a webinar      
 
   
   
   
   
 


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