How to Evaluate - York Consulting

Oldham and Rochdale HMREvaluation Techniques “How to Evaluate”Communities information that was incorporated within the YCLCohesion Counts Impact report.Methods for Collecting Information - Secondary Research2.38 This involves the review of secondary sources and is an essential startingpoint for any monitoring and evaluation framework. It may include:Baseline studies: projecting forward from this you may be able toestablish a baseline which can be updated to show distance travelledagainst the original figures recorded at the beginning of a project;Interim evaluations: undertaken for your project or even similarprojects;Other research: commissioned nationally or by other agencies;Management information (MI): both from funder required MI Systemsand project specific Management Information.Table 2.7 Tips on Desk ResearchCheck out research undertaken by organisations which have links tothe project area you are working on.For example Community Cohesion information can be found fromInstitute of Community Cohesion; DCLG and Joseph RowntreeFoundation; Survey Data from borough, area or national surveys suchas Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder; and data from crime surveys,ASB surveys etc.Do a web search on key terms.Methods for Collecting Information - Primary Research2.39 There are many ways of collecting primary data; these are outlined inDiagram 4 below. Key factors to consider are cost and the nature of the25