tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037664139618169991.post7878750611911904447..comments2011-08-24T11:30:14.327+01:00Caroline Eveleighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625693475062845450noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037664139618169991.post-54651528654731660932011-08-24T11:30:14.327+01:002011-08-24T11:30:14.327+01:00Absolutely Mike, but surely this isn't an either/or. Qualitative evaluation is more difficult and more subjective, but just as necessary. We have recently been working on a system that incorporates both - quantitative scores for how training was perceived, as well qualitative comments on what they liked/disliked or thought was useful. Both have their place. Whether something needs to be measured in order to get done, is a bit more complex. The things we like doing or have to do, always get done - what an old boss used to call the eat and sleep routines. But when you are trying to change behaviour or ensure that important things are always done, then measurement has a place. I suggest.Caroline Eveleighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625693475062845450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037664139618169991.post-83016658416100099702011-08-20T18:05:57.456+01:002011-08-20T18:05:57.456+01:00But Caroline, having studied evaluation you know that something doesn't need to be measured to ensure it is done. Your examples are all very true but what about the social worker who sees imperceptible signs of enthusiasm in a person who has hitherto assumed that they have no worth? Qualitative evaluation, as you remarked in your MBA project, 'goes behind the numbers to understand what is happening, rather than taking the numbers at face value.' Quite.Michael Dempseynoreply@blogger.com