Efnisyfirlit

• Contents
• Preface
• The Authors
• 1 What is Evaluation?
  • Common Denominators
  • Two Definitions of Evaluation
  • Evaluating Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Impact
  • Evaluating Alternatives
  • Identifying Areas to Improve
  • Other Levels
  • Formal Reasons to Evaluate
  • Practical Application
  • Formative and Summative Evaluations
  • Putting It All Together
  • Key Words and Concepts
  • Questions and Exercises
  • Further Reading
• 2 Why Evaluate?
  • Grants and Grantsmanship
  • Benefits
    • Benefits to Sponsors and Staff
    • Opportunities
    • Understanding of Outcomes
  • Limitations
  • Considerations
    • Social and Political Situations
    • Decision-Making Needs
    • Research for New Solutions
  • Putting It All Together
  • Key Words and Concepts
  • Questions and Exercise
  • Further Reading
• 3 Decision Making: Whom to Involve, How, and Why?
  • Program and Project Cycles
    • Overlooked Stakeholders
    • Program Phases
  • Evaluation and Monitoring
  • Program Planning Cycle and Evaluation
    • Needs Analysis
    • Program Planning
    • Program Implementation and Formative Evaluation
    • Final Evaluation: Summative
    • Types of Evaluation for Decision Making
  • Putting It All Together
  • Key Words and Concepts
  • Questions and Exercises
  • Further Reading
• 4 Starting Point: The Evaluator’s Program Description
  • What an Evaluator’s Program Description Can Do
  • Developing an Evaluator’s Program Description
  • Putting It All Together
  • Key Words and Concepts
  • Questions and Exercises
  • Further Reading
• 5 Choosing an Evaluation Model
  • More Than One Way to Evaluate
  • Four Evaluation Models
    • Discrepancy Model
    • Goal-Free Model
    • Transaction Model
    • Decision-Making Model
  • Other Models
    • Goal-Based Method
  • Choosing the Right Model
  • Evaluation Design Format
  • Other Considerations
  • Putting It All Together
  • Key Words and Concepts
  • Questions and Exercise
  • Further Reading
• 6 Data Sources
  • Starting Point
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Data Sources
  • Four Levels of Data
    • Nominal Data
    • Ordinal Data
    • Interval Data
    • Ratio Data
  • Nature of Data Collection
  • Existing Data
  • Newly Collected Data
    • Interview
    • Scales
    • Sentence Completion
    • Tests
    • Observational Analysis
  • Putting It All Together
  • Key Words and Concepts
  • Questions and Exercise
  • Further Reading
• 7 Data Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Data
  • Terms
    • Statistics
    • Measures of Central Tendency
    • Measures of Variability
  • Levels of Data
  • Putting It All Together
  • Key Words and Concepts
  • Questions and Exercise
  • Further Reading
  • Software for Personal Computers
• 8 Is It Evaluation or Is It Research?
  • Determining Evaluation or Research from Intent
  • Determining Evaluation or Research from Design
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Characteristics
  • Sampling
    • Probability Sampling Methods
    • Nonprobability Sampling Methods
  • Sampling and Surveys
  • Putting It All Together
  • Key Words and Concepts
  • Questions and Exercise
  • Further Reading
• 9 Writing the Evaluation Report
  • Communicating Your Findings
  • Evaluation Reports
  • The Report Outline
    • Section One: Summary
    • Section Two: Statement of the Evaluation’s Purpose
    • Section Three: Background Information
    • Section Four: Description of the Evaluation Study
    • Section Five: Results
    • Section Six: Discussion of the Program and Its Results
    • Section Seven: Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Putting It All Together
  • Key Words and Concepts
  • Questions and Exercise
  • Further Reading
• 10 Evaluation as a Business
  • Is There a Market for Program Evaluation?
    • Public Sector
    • Private Sector
  • How Do You Find the Business?
  • Proactive Resources
    • Public Sector
    • Private Sector
  • Reactive Resources
  • Emergency Resources
  • How Do You Negotiate a Contract?
    • Negotiating Responsibilities
    • Pricing Your Services
    • Preparing a Contract
  • Keeping the Business Alive
    • Maintaining Relationships with Funding Organizations
    • Long-Term Contracts
  • Putting It All Together
  • Key Words and Concepts
  • Further Reading
• A: More on Data Analysis
  • Analyses for Each Level
    • Measures of Central Tendency
    • Measures of Variability
    • Tests of Significance
    • Correlations
  • Significance Testing
  • Statistical and Practical Significance
• B: Sample Evaluation Report
• C: Sample Evaluation Contract
• References
• Index
• End User License Agreement

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