OTIS Evaluation Guide (PDF) - California Department of Public Health

B. Evaluation Design:
Determining the Plan Type for Each Objective
This section provides a series of questions to categorize each objective into one of the five following kinds of
evaluation plan types:
1. Policy---single
2. Policy---multiple
3. Individual behavior change
4. Other with measurable outcome
5. Other without measurable outcome
The first question in the OTIS decision tree for Evaluation Design, as shown in Figure 4, relates to policy
because most objectives selected by Local Lead Agencies in the 2004-2007 funding cycle were policyrelated.
We will walk through tions using examples that illustrate the five plan types, starting with policy
objectives.
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Figure 4
OTIS Decision Tree for Evaluation Design
Determining the appropriate Plan Type for your Objective
Is your objective related to a policy?
(this includes adoption of a legislated or voluntary policy (e.g., organizational, institutional,
event) and compliance with a policy. It does not include smoke-free homes or cars.)
Yes
No
Yes
Does your objective involve
adoption of multiple policies?
(For example, adoption of multiple policies
including a policy with multiple provisions)
Yes
No
Yes No Yes No
Multiple policies Single policy
Individual behavior change
This decision tree will be available
as a link on the Evaluation Design
page in OTIS so that you can refer
to it during the process of entering
in your plan. The decision tree is
also available on the “Resources”
section of OTIS.
OTIS Evaluation Guide • March 2007
No
Will this objective involve
individual behavior change?
(smoking cessation, smoke free home voluntary
policy, social sources, etc...)
Yes
No
Does this objective have a
measurable outcome?
Yes
No
Yes No
Other with a
measurable
outcome
Other without a
measurable
outcome