Evaluation Essentials
Methods For Conducting Sound Research. Research Methods for the Social Sciences
(Sprache: Englisch)
The book introduces students and practitioners to all necessary concepts and tools used to evaluate programs and policies. It focuses on issues that arise when evaluating programs, using those offered by non-profit and governmental organizations serving...
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The book introduces students and practitioners to all necessary concepts and tools used to evaluate programs and policies. It focuses on issues that arise when evaluating programs, using those offered by non-profit and governmental organizations serving different sectors (social services, health, education, social work) as case studies.
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Evaluation EssentialsEvaluation Essentials is an indispensable text that offers an introduction to program evaluation. Examples of program descriptions from a variety of sectors including public policy, public health, non-profit management, social work, arts management, education, international assistance, and labor illustrate the book's step-by-step approach to the process and methods of program evaluation. Perfect for students as well as new evaluators, Evaluation Essentials offers a comprehensive foundation in the core concepts, theories, and methods of program evaluation.
Beth Osborne Daponte-a leading authority in program evaluation-clearly shows how to form evaluation questions, describe programs using program theory and program logic models, understand causation as it relates to evaluation, use quasi-experimental design, and create meaningful outcome measures. The book offers appropriate approaches to collecting data and introduces readers to survey design and sampling. Daponte explores what it means to say that a program "causes" change to occur. Evaluation Essentials provides a rigorous introduction to quasi-experimental design, helps determine which designs are most appropriate for given situations, and explains the trade-offs between designs.
The book introduces students and practitioners to all necessary concepts and tools used to evaluate programs and policies. It focuses on issues that arise when evaluating programs, using those offered by non-profit and governmental organizations serving different sectors (social services, health, education, social work) as case studies. The author gives the reader a solid background in the core concepts, theories, and methods of program evaluation. Readers will learn to form evaluation questions, describe programs using program theory and program logic models, understand causation as it relates to evaluation, and perform quasi-experimental design, grant writing, outcome measures, survey design, and sampling.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Evaluation Essentials “
- Chapter 1: Introduction- Chapter 2: Describing the Program
- Chapter 3: Laying the Evaluation Groundwork
- Chapter 4: Causation
- Chapter 5: The Prisms of Validity
- Chapter 6: Attributing Outcomes to the Program: Quasi-Experimental Design
- Chapter 7 Collecting Data
- Chapter 8 Conclusions
- Appendix A
Autoren-Porträt von Beth Osborne Daponte
Beth Osborne Daponte, Ph.D., is a senior research scholar at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and lecturer in the School of Management at Yale University. Currently, she is also working with a large community foundation, helping it address its evaluation challenges at both the organizational and programmatic levels.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Beth Osborne Daponte
- 2008, 1. Auflage, 192 Seiten, Maße: 23,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0787984396
- ISBN-13: 9780787984397
- Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2008
Sprache:
Englisch
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