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Stats and stories – webinar

Publication date: 14/05/2020 (Updated 30/05/2022)

ESS resource: ESS Webinars

Evaluation pathway stage: Collecting evidence, Analysing and Reporting

This webinar talks through how to blend quantitative and qualitative data i.e. stats and stories in your evaluation reports. The webinar is based on ESS’s resource ‘Stats and stories in community settings: a guide to blending different types of evidence in evaluation reports’.

The webinar took place on 8th August 2019.

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Resources mentioned in webinar:

Stats & Stories in community settings:a guide to blending different types of evidence in evaluation reports

This guide is aimed at third sector organisations. It is a practical guide to reporting on outcomes blending qualitative and quantitative information.
Making it stick – A guide to embedding evaluation

Guide for people who have a role in making sure that evaluation is embedded into everyday practice within an organisation.
Evidence from Elsewhere: Gathering, analysing and using other people’s evidence (2017)

A guide to using secondary evidence from third sector and other sources.