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ArticleThe American journal of evaluation2023

A Protocol to Assess Contextual Factors During Program Impact Evaluation: A Case Study of a STEM Gender Equity Intervention in Higher Education.

Suzanne Nobrega, Kasper Edwards, Mazen El Ghaziri, Lauren Giacobbe, Serena Rice, Laura Punnett

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Article in The American journal of evaluation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Suzanne NobregaUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2354-0996
Kasper EdwardsTechnical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
Mazen El GhaziriUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.
Lauren GiacobbeUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.
Serena RiceUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.
Laura PunnettUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.

Funding

NIOSH CDC HHS U19 OH008857NIOSH CDC HHS U19 OH012299
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Program evaluations that lack experimental design often fail to produce evidence of impact because there is no available control group. Theory-based evaluations can generate evidence of a program's causal effects if evaluators collect evidence along the theorized causal chain and identify possible competing causes. However, few methods are available for assessing competing causes in the program environment. Effect Modifier Assessment (EMA) is a method previously used in smaller-scale studies to assess possible competing causes of observed changes following an intervention. In our case study of a university gender equity intervention, EMA generated useful evidence of competing causes to augment program evaluation. Top-down administrative culture, poor experiences with hiring and promotion, and workload were identified as impeding forces that might have reduced program benefits. The EMA addresses a methodological gap in theory-based evaluation and might be useful in a variety of program settings.

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case studieshigher educationimpact evaluationqualitative methodstheory-based evaluation

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PMID39664915
PMCPMC11633285

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