Program evaluation methods and case studies ebook

Emphasizing the howtothe set of conceptual and active tasks carried out by mixed methods researchersthe book is illustrated with rich case studies from. The text focuses on the work of people who are closely associated with the service to be evaluated, and is designed to help program planners, developers, and evaluators to work with program staff members who might be threatened by program evaluation. This text provides a solid foundation in program evaluation, covering the main components of evaluating agencies and their programs, how best to address those components, and the procedures to. It explores such key issues, at the outset, as planning an evaluation, developing good measures of program performance, and ethical issues involved. When i taught a graduate course in program evaluation, i used an earlier edition of this book. Title author type language date edition publication. In every chapter, case studies provide real world examples of evaluations broken down into the main elements of program evaluation. Prenticehall, 1980 evaluation research social action.

For upperlevel undergraduate graduatelevel courses in program evaluation, program planning, program administration, and public administration. Features case studies and short profiles of individual program evaluators engaged in conducting evaluations in private service agencies, foundations. Emil posavac comprehensive yet accessible, this text provides a practical introduction to the skills, attitudes, and methods required to assess the worth and value of human services offered in public and private. Students are introduced to the need for such activities, the methods for carrying out evaluations, and the essential steps in organizing findings into reports. Comprehensive yet accessible, this text provides a practical introduction to the skills, attitudes, and methods required to assess the worth and value of human services offered in public and private organizations in a wide range of fields. Program evaluation methods and case studies 8th edition. Comprehensive yet accessible, this text provides a practical introduction to the skills, attitudes, and methods required to assess. A program evaluation guide for librarians provides guidance for developing an effective programassessment method using a casestudy. Comprehensive yet accessible, this book provides a practical intr. Mixed methods for policy research and program evaluation sage. A field guide to identifying dubious data joel best. Methods and cases studies 9th edition 97818103962 by na for up to 90% off at. In addition, the story of one of the evaluators involved in each case study is presented to show the human side of evaluation. A pretestposttest design to evaluate a peerbased program to prevent skin cancer relating change to amount of service and participant characteristics threats to internal validity actual changes in the participants not related to program participation apparent changes dependent on who was observed changes related to methods of obtaining observations effects of interactions of these threats internal validity threats are doubleedged swords construct validity in.