Using Data to Make Decisions

Buckley, J., Postlewaite, E., Archibald, T., Linver, M. R., & Urban, J. B. (2024). A Protocol for Participatory Data Use. American Journal of Evaluation, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10982140241234835


The Role of Relationships

Buckley, J., Hargraves, M., Moorman, L. (2021) The Relational Nature of Evaluation Capacity Building: Lessons from Facilitated Evaluation Partnerships. New Directions for Evaluation


Evaluative Thinking

Buckley, J., Archibald, T., Hargraves, M., & Trochim, W. M. (2015). Defining and teaching evaluative thinking: Insights from research on critical thinking. American Journal of Evaluation, 36(3), 375-388. doi:10.1177/1098214015581706

Other Publications:

Urban, J.B., Linver, M.R., Buckley, J., Hargraves, M., & Archibald, T. (2024). Character-minded evaluation: Recognizing and activating the essential role of character in high-quality evaluation. In M. Matthews & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Routledge international handbooks of multidisciplinary perspectives on character development: Volume 1. Conceptualizing and defining character (pp. 310-334). Routledge.

Hargraves, M., Buckley, J., Urban, J., Linver, M., Chauveron, L., Samtani, S., Archibald, T., & Moorman, L. (2021). Resonance, Stickiness, and the Value Propositions of Evaluation Capacity Building: Key Takeaways and Future Directions. New Directions for Evaluation. DOI: 10.1002/ev.20442.

Urban, J., Hargraves, M., Buckley, J., Archibald, T., Hebbard, C., & Trochim, W. (2021). The Systems Evaluation Protocol for Evaluation Planning. New Directions for Evaluation. DOI: 10.1002/ev.20443.

Urban, J., Archibald, T., Hargraves, M., Buckley, J., Hebbard, C., Linver, M., & Trochim, W. (2021). Introduction to Relational Systems Evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation. DOI: 10.1002/ev.20444.

Chauveron, L., Urban, J., Samtani, S., Cox, M., Moorman, L., Hargraves, M., Buckley, J., & Linver, M. (In press). Promoting Evaluation in Youth Character Development through Enhanced Evaluation Capacity Building: Empirical Findings from the PACE Project. New Directions for Evaluation. DOI: 10.1002/ev.20447.

Urban, J., Linver, M., Chauveron, L., Archibald, T., Hargraves, M., & Buckley, J. (2021). Applying the Systems Evaluation Protocol in the Real World: Six Case Studies. New Directions for Evaluation. DOI: 10.1002/ev.20448.

Urban, J., Archibald, T., Hargraves, M., Buckley, J., Hebbard, C., Linver, M., & Trochim, W. (2021). Editors’ Notes. New Directions for Evaluation. DOI: 10.1002/ev.20442.

Archibald, T., Sharrock, G., Buckley, J., Young, S. (2018). Every practitioner a “knowledge worker”: Promoting evaluative thinking to enhance learning and adaptive management in international development. In A. T. Vo & T. Archibald (Eds.), Evaluative Thinking. New Directions for Evaluation, 158, 73-91.

Archibald, T., Sharrock, G., Buckley, J., & Cook, N. (2016). Assumptions, conjectures, and other miracles: The application of evaluative thinking to theory of change models in community development. Evaluation and Program Planning, 59, 119-127. doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.05.015

Sharrock, G., Buckley, J., & Archibald, T. (2017). Evaluative Thinking Facilitator’s Guide. [A volume of 9 packets of activities focused on Identifying Assumptions, Seeking Evidence, and Taking Action]. Catholic Relief Services. Retrieved from https://www.crs.org/our-work-overseas/how-we-work/our-commitment-monitoring-evaluation-accountability-and-learning-meal

Trochim, W., Urban, J. B., Hargraves, M., Hebbard, C., Buckley, J., Archibald, T., Johnson, M., & Burgermaster, M. (2012). The Guide to the Systems Evaluation Protocol (V2.2). Ithaca NY. Retrieved from https://core.human.cornell.edu/research/systems/protocol/index.cfm