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Chapter 1: Program Evaluation: An Overview
Chapter 1, “Program Evaluation: An Overview,” provides an introduction to the book as well as to the topic of program evaluation. One major point is the framework...
Chapter 2: Planning an Evaluation
Chapter 2, “Planning an Evaluation,” begins to address the process of conducting a program evaluation by describing the main elements that need to be a part...
Chapter 3: Developing and Using a Theory of the Program
Chapter 3, “Developing and Using a Theory of the Program,” presents a case for program evaluators to include a program theory at some level in all evaluations, noting...
Chapter 4: Developing Measures of Implementation and Outcomes
Chapter 4, “Developing Measures of Implementation and Outcomes,” summarizes the process...
Chapter 5: Ethics in Program Evaluation
Chapter 5, “Ethics in Program Evaluation,” covers the many ways ethical issues in the practice of program evaluation are similar to issues that arise in traditional research with human...
Chapter 6: The Assessment of Need
Chapter 6, “The Assessment of Need,” addresses what is typically one of the first steps in a program evaluation, although at times it is even considered...
Chapter 7: Monitoring the Implementation and the Operation of Programs
Chapter 7, “Monitoring the Implementation and the Operation of Programs,” addresses the vital task of learning the details of what is actually happening...
Chapter 8: Qualitative Evaluation Methods
Chapter 8, “Qualitative Evaluation Methods,” presents the rationale for choosing to gather nonnumerical information relevant to the program, especially noting that...
Chapter 9: Outcome Evaluations With One Group
Chapter 9, “Outcome Evaluations With One Group” describes the way simple research designs with a single group can be the appropriate basis for an evaluation...
Chapter 10: Quasi-Experimental Approaches to Outcome Evaluation
Chapter 10, “Quasi-Experimental Approaches to Outcome Evaluation,” presents these common methods of evaluation – a range of intermediate forms of research design...
Chapter 11: Using Experiments to Evaluate Programs
Chapter 11, “Using Experiments to Evaluate Programs,” addresses the important issue of when formal experiments are the appropriate choice for a given evaluation and...
Chapter 12: Analyses of Costs and Outcomes
Chapter 12, “Analyses of Costs and Outcomes,” presents important concepts and approaches used when evaluating the relative value of outcomes based on...
Chapter 13: Evaluation Reports
Chapter 13, “Evaluation Reports: Interpreting and Communicating Findings,” addresses the broad area of communication with stakeholders of programs regarding findings as...
Chapter 14: How to Encourage Utilization
Chapter 14, “How to Encourage Utilization,” addresses common obstacles to the use of reports from evaluations, as well as providing important details of strategies for...