AEA eStudy 022: Creating Surveys to Measure Performance and Assess Needs

eStudy 022: Creating Surveys to Measure Performance and Assess Needs - Michelle Kobayashi 

Dates: Tuesday & Thursday December 4 & 6, 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM Eastern Time. For one registration fee, participants may attend 1 or both sessions. 
Length: 3 total contact hours 
Description: Surveys for program evaluation, performance measurement, or needs assessment can provide excellent information for evaluators. However, developing effective surveys requires an eye both to unbiased question design as well as to how the results of the survey will be used. Neglecting these two aspects impacts the success of the survey.

This eStudy course will use lecture and homework assignments to review guidelines for survey development. We will use two national surveys, one used for measuring the performance of local governments and the other to assess the needs of older adults, to inform the creation of our own survey instruments.

This eStudy will occur in two 90-minute sessions and will include preparation materials sent before, between, and after the sessions.

Day 1 - How to create effective surveys for tracking outcomes and needs

Day 2 - How to report useful results to a wide variety of stakeholders; Barriers, and ways to surmount those barriers, to using survey results