Webinar 3: Gathering Credible Evidence & Data Collection Methods: Quantitative Data

The Evaluation Fundamentals Series was developed as part of AIM-Local Health, a research project of the Prevention Research Center (PRC) at Washington University in St. Louis and funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK: R01DK109913; CDC PRC: U48DP006395); purpose: to enhance use of evidence-based diabetes control among local health departments. The series includes six webinars developed by the PRC in partnership with the Brown School Evaluation Center at Washington University in St. Louis and National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) Research and Evaluation with the overall goal to build participants’ skills and confidence in developing or strengthening program evaluation plans. Webinar 3: Gathering Credible Evidence & Data Collection Methods: Quantitative Data Learning objectives: o Develop SMART objectives and identify appropriate indicators o Describe common data collection methods o Explain quality of data o Discuss the steps for the development and launch of a basic survey questionnaire, including best practices in survey design and how to organize and summarize the data collected