
ESS Evaluation Method: Focus group
Facilitated discussions to investigate people’s perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes.
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Results for: ESS Evaluation Methods and Tools
ESS Evaluation Method: Focus group
Facilitated discussions to investigate people’s perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes.
ESS Evaluation Method: Interview
One to one discussions to investigate people’s perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes.
ESS Evaluation Method: Meeting record
Keeping a simple record of your meetings allows you to more easily recall and count this activity and note evidence of outcomes as you go.
ESS Evaluation Method: Observation
Staff or volunteers observe clients taking part in activities and record information to evidence outcomes.
ESS Evaluation Method: Observation – template
Observation method template
ESS Evaluation Method: Questionnaire
Paper-based list of questions with space to record answers.
ESS Evaluation Method: Questionnaire – example
Questionnaire method example
ESS Evaluation Method: Relationship Map
Relationship maps are a way of understanding friendship networks and relationships which can be used to evaluate outcomes.
ESS Evaluation Method: Relationship Map – template
Relationship map template
ESS Evaluation Method: Service use map
Image based tool designed to find out about people’s interaction with their environment or local services.