How will the data be analysed and presented in order to address the key evaluation questions?
The process of data collection and analysis in evaluation can be termed ‘data management’ as described in the following diagram. Figure 2. Data Management Framework Adapted from Owen, 2006:99. The starting point for this process is the set of key evaluation questions identified in Section 4. The data in an evaluation is collected primarily to address these questions. The data assembly process comes next and involves identifying the data sources, gaining access to the necessary data and obtaining the data in a useful form. Each of these elements of the process has a number of steps – too many to list here – however, it is useful to address several common questions.
