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PREIS Impact and Program Implementation

Evaluation Analysis Plan Template

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Impact and Program Implementation Evaluation Analysis Plan

for [Grantee Name] – [DATE]

The Evaluation of [Intervention Name] in [Geographic Area]

1. Impact Study Research Questions

This section presents the primary and secondary research questions that will be assessed in the impact evaluation of [Intervention Name].

a. Primary research questions

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b. Secondary research questions

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2. Impact Study Design

This section provides a brief description of the study design and the process for creating intervention and comparison groups.

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3. Program Implementation Analysis

This section lays out plans for analyzing implementation data for understanding and documenting program implementation.

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Table 1. Planned implementation analysis

Implementation element	Research question	Measure	Benchmark
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4. Impact Analysis

This section lays out plans for constructing outcomes, defining the analytic sample, assessing baseline equivalence, cleaning data and handling missing data, addressing potential crossover and contamination, and finally the analytic models for estimating program impacts and planned sensitivity analyses.

a. Data cleaning

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Table 2. Behavioral outcomes used for primary research questions

Outcome name	Source item(s)	Constructed measure	Timing of measure
[Your outcomes here]			[Your outcomes here]

Table 3. Outcomes used for secondary research questions

Outcome name	Source item(s)	Constructed measure	Timing of measure
[Your outcomes here]			[Your outcomes here]

b. Outcome measures

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c. Analytic sample(s)

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d. Assessment of baseline equivalence

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e. Condition crossover and contamination

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f. Analytic approach for primary research questions

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i. Model specification

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ii. Covariates

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Table 4. Covariates included in impact analyses

Covariate	Description of the covariate

iii. Adjustments for multiple comparisons

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iv. Sensitivity analyses

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g. Analytic approach for secondary research questions

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5. Additional planned analyses

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