Program Evaluation Toolkit

A Module Based Toolkit for Professional Development and Program Evaluation

Module 5: Data Quality

Module Overview

Module 5 provides an overview of data quality considerations. The module also covers the alignment of data to evaluation questions. The module contains three chapters that will help you do the following:

Chapter 1: Identify the two major types of data and describe how to use them in an evaluation.
Chapter 2: Evaluate the quality of your data, using six key criteria.
Chapter 3: Connect data to your evaluation questions.

Chapter 1: Data Types

In chapter 1, you will be introduced to different forms of data. You will explore qualitative and quantitative data and how each can be used to answer your evaluation questions.