strategy.research-design
- Skill ID:
strategy.research-design - Name: Research design
- Version: 1.0.0
- Admission state: pending
- Fabric source commit:
8eb3784b2a9fa5c6f3bb1115d6da44358e45916f - Admission ref:
contracts/acp/skills/faithfulness/admissions/strategy.research-design_supported_claims.json - Admission digest:
sha256:7099375b1f20af0878c9535d3271c471a26e0d462cba8235c3909df3a47ce551
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Normative statements
srd-src-1 (sourced)
Evaluations of government interventions should be proportionate and fit for purpose.
Source references:
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srd-src-2 (sourced)
Planning an evaluation early allows for an intervention to be designed in a way that can maximise the learning that can be gained.
Source references:
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srd-src-3 (sourced)
There are three main types of evaluation activity: process evaluation, impact evaluation and value for money evaluation.
Source references:
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srd-src-4 (sourced)
Pre-registration means documenting key elements of the evaluation such as its objectives, research questions, design, data collection procedures and analytical approach, before any outcome data is collected or analysed.
Source references:
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srd-src-5 (sourced)
The QAF represents a collection of methods, tools and good practices that are suggested for use or are already in use in some statistical authorities of the ESS.
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srd-src-6 (sourced)
The aim of the QAF is to accompany the CoP by providing guidance and examples in the form of more detailed methods and tools. It also offers good practices for the high-level principles and indicators outlined in the CoP.
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srd-der-1 (derived)
Choose a research design that is proportionate to the decision and learning need, and plan it before data collection so the intended questions, design and analysis are explicit.
srd-der-2 (derived)
Select the evaluation mode deliberately—process, impact or value for money—and record why the selected mode answers the research question.
srd-der-3 (derived)
Keep a reproducible research protocol that names the methods, tools and quality checks used, and link each result to the guidance or example that supports the choice.
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