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Integrating Big Data into Evaluation: a conversation with Michael Bamberger and Rick Davies
A MERLTech blog article on big data applications to M&E. Summarises a debate held at MERLTech London with experienced evaluators Michael Bamberger and Rick Davies. Authored by by Shawna Hoffman, Specialist, Measurement, Evaluation and Organizational Performance at the Rockefeller Foundation.
Information and Communication Technologies for Development Evaluation
This book gives an insight into the implications of new and emerging technologies in development evaluation. It looks at the potential applications of big data analytics, machine learning and remote sensing, among others. The authors focus primarily on development evaluation, in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. Nevertheless, much of the discussion has application
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Big Data
A MERLTech blog article describing the ethical problems of using big data; contrasted with the costs of not using it. Authored by Zach Tilton, a Peacebuilding Evaluation Consultant and a Doctoral Research Associate at the Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation program at Western Michigan University.
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The future of development evaluation in the age of big data
A MERLTech blog article on the outlook for development evaluation as the big data revolution unfolds. The author argues that evaluators have been slow to take-up big data and data analytics in their work, and will need to adapt to it better in the future. Part 1 of a two-part blog series by Michale Bamberger
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Building bridges between evaluators and big data analysts
A MERLTech blog article on the gaps and linkages between evaluation and big data specialists. Looks at the reasons why evaluators have, in the view of the author, been slow to take-up big data and data analytics in their work. Part 2 of a blog series by Michale Bamberger for MERL Tech.
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Big data or big hype: a MERL Tech debate
A MERLTech blog article on big data applications to M&E. Summarises a debate held at MERLTech London with experienced evaluators Michael Bamberger and Rick Davies. Authored by by Shawna Hoffman, Specialist, Measurement, Evaluation and Organizational Performance at the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Big data, big problems, big solutions
A MERLTech blog article on big data applications to M&E. Covers some of the traditional challenges of development data and proposes potential avenues for exploration. Authored by Alvaro Cobo-Santillan, Catholic Relief Services (CRS); Jeff Lundberg, CRS; Paul Perrin, University of Notre Dame; and Gillian Kerr, LogicalOutcomes Canada.
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