Evaluation Rigor in Action — The Qualitative Comparative Analysis Methods Memo
Authors: Chelsie Kuhn, CLAME Specialist & Alison Harrell, CLAME Specialist Headlight Consulting Services is excited to share our second Methods Memo in a series of more robust products intended to provide how-to guidance for professionals of all levels to implement stronger CLAME practices. This particular memo’s goal is to provide evaluators with practical guidance for
Introduction to Secondary Analysis
By: Maxine Secskas, CLAME Associate, Headlight Consulting Services, LLC This blog post is the third in a 3-part series on components of qualitative methods. This blog continues the discussion on how we at Headlight conduct Qualitative Analysis from the previous post called Intro to Primary Analysis. This blog post will build on the information from
Introduction to Primary Analysis
By: Maxine Secskas, CLAME Associate, Headlight Consulting Services, LLC This blog post is the second in a 3-part series on components of qualitative methods. This blog post (as well as the previous post with tips on qualitative coding and the upcoming post on Secondary Analysis coming on April 7) is intended to expand on our
Top 5 More Dos and Don’ts of Qualitative Analysis
By: Maxine Secskas, CLAME Associate, Headlight Consulting Services, LLC and Chelsie Kuhn, CLAME Specialist, Headlight Consulting Services, LLC This blog post is the first in a series of 3 posts on components of qualitative methods. Welcome back to Headlight’s educational blog series on all things collaborating, learning, adapting, monitoring, and evaluation (CLAME). You may have noticed
Learning Reviews: Using What You Already Know
By: Chelsie Kuhn, MEL Associate, Headlight Consulting Services, LLP This is the second post in a series of two about Learning Reviews. So you’ve decided it’s time to use a Learning Review? As a refresher, a Learning Review is a way to systematically look at past assessments, evaluations, reports, and any other learning documentation in
Top 5 Dos and Don’ts of Qualitative Analysis
By: Chelsie Kuhn, MEL Associate, Headlight Consulting Services, LLP In full disclosure, prior to joining Headlight, I was a quantitative methodologist who had some experience building surveys, building quantitative datasets from secondary sources, and running statistical analyses. When I started, I had facilitated a few semi-structured interviews and focus groups to gather data, but I
Choosing the Right Qualitative Analysis Software
By: Chelsie Kuhn, MEL Associate, Headlight Consulting Services, LLP To facilitate the implementation of recommendations from our last post on Qualitative Rigor, we thought it might be helpful to offer up some considerations for choosing a qualitative analysis software before getting further into the process. Qualitative analysis software allows researchers and evaluators to better organize,
Designing Rigorous Qualitative Practice (part 1)
By: Rebecca Herrington As researchers and evaluators work to monitor, evaluate, and learn from developments in the field, we often collect qualitative data from beneficiaries and stakeholders via observational interactions and documentation, focus groups, key informant interviews, and more. Many are apprehensive to trust findings and recommendations from qualitative data, and they critique the qualitative
