Holis&c  M&E  with  NVivo  Jillian  Foster  

CEO;  Gender/Women,  Peace  &  Security  Advisor  jillian.foster@g-­‐insight.org  

What  is  M&E?  Itera&ve  success,  rather  than  failure  

Monitoring  System  for  data  gathering  &  con7nuous  repor7ng    

Periodic  progress  repor7ng    

Iden7fica7on  of:  -  Small  programma7c  

adjustments  -  Capacity  development  needs  

   

Outcomes:  -  Improved  repor7ng  -  Capacity  building  -  Increased  &  improved  

teamwork  -  Improved  efficiency  &  

effec7veness  

 

Evalua7on  Full  repor7ng  of  results    

Iden7fica7on  of  roadblocks    

Offering  of  recommenda7ons              Outcomes:  

-  Program  learning  -  Transparency  -  Sustainable  results  -  Improved  donor-­‐implementer  

partnership  -  Poten7al  for  advocacy  

When  to  do  holis&c  M&E?  

1)  Project  Design  

2)  Baseline  EvaluaPon  

3)  Midterm  EvaluaPon  

4)  Endline/Final  EvaluaPon  

Source:  M&E  Guidelines  for  UN  Coherence,  Efficiency  and  Effec&veness    

What  is  holis&c  M&E?  (1)    Gender  sensiPve,  (2)  Data  driven,  (3)  Mixed  methodologies  

Using  NVivo  for  M&E  

Hint:  Coding  interviews  by  ques&on,  with  a  code  for  ‘quote,’  can  later  speed  up  your  search  for  par&cularly  persuasive  quotes.  

Helpful  Tips:  a)  Apply  a  gender-­‐sensiPve  lens  to  every  piece  of  work  you  do.    

b)  Look  for  words  or  phrases  that  repeatedly  appear.  

c)  Code  in  research  groups  to  help  idenPfy  areas  of  difficult  interpretaPon.  

Your  Code  Flow  1) Code  with  broad  nodes  

2) Code  with  narrow,  per  X  metric,  nodes  3) Code  with  text  queries  

4) Analyze  at  the  intersecPon  of  nodes  

Bridging  NVivo  with  STATA  

Hint:  Quotes  are  useful  to  break  up  large  sec&ons  of  quan&ta&ve  data  analysis.  Think  of  big  data  as  global  and  qualita&ve  data  as  local.    

1)  Import  Codes  from  Nvivo  à  XLS  à  STATA      

Or    

1)  Import  complimentary  dataset  2) Recode  using  similar  variable  names  as  NVivo  nodes  3) Run  analysis  in  similar  pabern  to  research  quesPons  

explored  in  NVivo  

Holis&c  M&E  for  Donors  &  Implementers  Lens:  Gender  sensi&ve,  Data  driven,  Mixed  methodologies  

Crucial  Secondary  Outcomes:  •  Sustainable  results  •  Increased  and  more  stable  

funding  •  Improved  reporPng  •  Capacity  building  •  Increased  &  improved  

teamwork  •  Improved  efficiency  &  

effecPveness  •  PotenPal  for  advocacy  

Cri7cal  DIRECT  Outcomes:  1.  Increased  transparency  &  

accountability  2.  Improved  donor-­‐

implementer  partnership  3.  Program  learning  

More  Info  on  NVivo  Process  here:  hbp://blog.qsrinternaPonal.com/using-­‐nvivo-­‐for-­‐mixed-­‐methods-­‐research/  

Data  Analysis  Agile  Measurement  Tools  �  Infographics  �  Reports  �  Research  �  Data  VisualizaPon  

   Monitoring  &  Evalua7on  

Building  Custom  M&E  Frameworks  �  Gathering  and  Analyzing  Data  to  Inform  Larger  EvaluaPons  �  Advising  on  Indicator  and  Measurement  Tools  SelecPon  

�  Full-­‐scale  Baseline,  Midterm,  or  Final  EvaluaPons      

Bespoke  Research  Meta  or  Sectoral  Reviews  �  Fact-­‐finding  Reports  �  Field  Assessments  

�  Stakeholder  and  Resource  Mapping  �  Empirical  Studies  

Jillian  Foster  CEO;  Gender/Women,  Peace  &  Security  Advisor  

jillian.foster@g-­‐insight.org  www.g-­‐insight.org