I. Overview
- What is the impact of the program? How can it be measured? In this module, we explain the qualitative and quantitative assessments of the program.
- Activities and topics
- Reading
- Lecture: 35 mins
- Qualitative assessment: 10 min
- Quantitative assessment: 10 mins
- Beyond the measurable result: 10 mins
- Summary: 5 mins
- Activities
- Develop Questions
- Evaluate Impact
II. Reading
III. Lecture: Qualitative Assessment
1. Qualitative Assessment
Watch the video below which corresponds to the below sections.
Watch the video below which corresponds to the below sections.
[ Key takeaways ]
- Follow-up in 3-6 months
- 100% benefit through consumer literacy
- Save money or get better quality of products
- Learn to get value as a customer and gain skills, self-confidence, and awareness of rights through the program
- 20%~25% of participants start their own business or expand their existing business
- Track participants regularly to get qualitative feedback
- Asking very specific questions on what they are going to do with what they learned
- Pointed questioning helps to understand what participants learn from the program
2. Quantitative Assessment
[ Key takeaways ]
- Self-reports in the pre and post training
- Questions about skills, self-confidence, and awareness of rights
- Ability tests
- Tracking behavioral changes
3. Overall Impact
[ Key takeaways ]
- Positive impact due to consumer literacy
- Saving money and getting better quality products by asking questions and taking charge of buying situation
- Strengthening entrepreneurship
- A woman started a grocery shop but along came a competitor with 10 times more capital
- She changed her approach to focus on country medicine
- Impact on environmental perspective
- Participants who decided not to use plastic bags
4. Summary
[ Key takeaways ]
- Qualitative and quantitative assessment
- Self-reports, behavioral reports, or interviews
- Ability test
- Designed for different levels of abstractions to capture different learning goals
- Conceptual to testing memory
IV. Activity
Develop Questions
1. Develop a set of qualitative questions you would ask to assess the impact of the program
Evaluate Impact
1. Evaluate the description of qualitative impact in the material shared with you
1. Develop a set of qualitative questions you would ask to assess the impact of the program
- The questions can be categorized to assess
- Generic marketplace understanding
- Consumer literacy
- Entrepreneurial literacy
- The scales or items can be categorized to assess
- Generic marketplace understanding
- Consumer literacy
- Entrepreneurial literacy
- Click the "Develop Questions" button above
- Post your idea as a new posting
- You can also upload your idea as a document
- Take a look other people's idea and reply to at least two of others
Evaluate Impact
1. Evaluate the description of qualitative impact in the material shared with you
- What is your reaction?
- What are some areas where more impact is needed?
- What are some questions unanswered?
- What is your reaction?
- What are some items left out?
- What are some areas where more impact is needed?
- What are some questions unanswered?
- Click the "Evaluate Impact" button above
- Post your idea as a new posting
- You can also upload your idea as a document
- Take a look other people's idea and reply to at least two of others