AEA 2007/2008 INTERNAL SCAN

The American Evaluation Association undertook an internal scan to learn more about its membership during the period September 2007 to January 2008. AEA contracted with Goodman Research Group, Inc. (GRG) to complete the scan and data collection. GRG surveyed the full membership, conducted follow-up interviews and online Q&A groups, and compiled and analyzed the results. The results from this scan are being used to guide strategic and operational decision making throughout the association.

We are now working to disseminate the results from that scan in a number of ways. At present, the following content is available:

• American Evaluation Association Internal Scan Report to the Membership (pdf)

• Index of Quantitative Analysis of the 2007 AEA Member Survey* (pdf)

• Index of Qualitative Analysis of the 2007 AEA Member Survey (pdf)

• Index of Qualitative Analysis of Interviews from the 2007-2008 AEA Internal Scan (pdf)

• Index of Qualitative Analysis of Online Q&A Groups from the 2007-2008 AEA Internal Scan (pdf)

• Presentation of the American Evaluation Association Internal Scan Findings (ppt)

* This file is over 3mb in size and 801 pages in length - consider your connection speed when downloading

Instruments from the scan include:

• AEA Member Survey 2007 (pdf)

• AEA Member Interviewer Guidelines and Interview Protocol (pdf)

• AEA Online Question and Answer (Q&A) Groups Protocol (pdf)

Presentations from the scan include:

• New! 2008 Conference - Slides on Scan Process (ppt)

• New! 2008 Conference - Slides on Qualitative Analysis re: Professional Identity (ppt)*

• New! 2008 Conference - Menu from Qualitative Analysis Session (pdf)*

   *The open-ended question that started the scan survey read "Imagine you are out to dinner with other AEA members, and each member is describing his or her professional identity. It's your turn; what would you say?" The 150 pages of qualitative data generated from this question were analyzed and presented in an innovative session that used a restaurant metaphor throughout. These materials are from that session.

Only reports of analyses conducted on surveys, interviews and the online question and answer groups are available to members and those interested in the results of the Internal Scan. In order to protect the confidentiality of respondents and abide by the terms articulated in the information given to respondents, no data collected as part of the Internal Scan, raw or cleaned, are available for download. The reports shared on this website include an extensive set of analyses; suggestions for other analyses of the Internal Scan data may be sent to Susan Kistler in the AEA office at susan@eval.org.

We will use the AEA newsletter to share a range of findings drawn from the above reports as well as to keep the members informed about the related sessions at the conference and next steps based on the scan’s findings. 

If you have any questions about the scan, please do not hesitate to contact Susan Kistler in the AEA office at susan@eval.org.

Leslie Goodyear                                    Susan Kistler                                     Colleen Manning
Internal Scan Task Force Chair              AEA Executive Director                        GRG Project Lead

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