Course description
Evaluation and Monitoring
The aim of this module is to develop students' understanding of the nature of studies to monitor and evaluate intervention programmes, using examples from Government and other related areas. There is a particular focus on the contribution of statistical methods in both the design and analysis of such studies.
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Outcome / Qualification etc.
Credits: 5 ECTS
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Understand and be able to articulate the important role monitoring plays, both as a policy tool in its own right and as an aid to evaluation.
- Understand and be able to apply broad principles to guide the choice between alternative statistical designs that can accommodate the evaluation of an intervention
Training Course Content
Alternative experimental and quasi-experimental designs for evaluation programmes and the principles underlying the choice between these designs
- Data sources and research methods
- Performance monitoring
- Theoretical framework
- Randomized controlled trials
General statistical methods that can be used in the analysis of data devised from such designs, in particular for the estimation of programme effects, allowing for potential confounding factors
- Regression adjustment and other analysis methods
- Propensity score matching
- Econometric methods of analysis