Boulmetis / Dutwin The ABCs of Evaluation

Timeless Techniques for Program and Project Managers
3. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-10364-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Research Methods for the Social Sciences

Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition of bestsellingThe ABCs of Evaluation offers an introduction to programevaluation. This comprehensive textbook covers topics such asstakeholder relationships, program design, data collection andanalysis, reporting results, and other important steps in theevaluation process. The ABCs of Evaluation shows how to selectparticipants for the evaluation and how to deal with multiple goalsand objectives--including those of the organization, the staff,and the client. The authors illustrate the circumstances underwhich each evaluation model can be used, and offer tips onidentifying data sources and collecting the data. This revisionincludes substantially increased coverage of theory, methodologicalapproaches, the business of evaluation, the evaluator's role andresponsibilities, RFPs and the grants process, logic models, dataanalysis, and writing the evaluation report. Also included are newcases and scenarios from various evaluation realms in socialsciences, education, health, and human services. Throughout thebook, charts, graphs, models, and lists help organize, extend, andfacilitate the understanding of each evaluation concept.
Praise for the Previous Edition of The ABCs of Evaluation
"A useful general overview of the evaluation process. I wouldrecommend it to program or project managers wanting to know moreabout the process of evaluation." --American Journal ofEvaluation
"All students (and practitioners) should have this in theirlibrary; they will use it frequently." --Patricia McGee, PhD,associate professor, University of Texas, San Antonio
Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/Boulmetis

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boulmetis, John

Dutwin, Phyllis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
The Authors.
1. What Is Evaluation?
2. Why Evaluate?
3. Decision Making: Whom to Involve, How, and Why.
4. Starting Point: The Evaluator's Program Description.
5. Choosing an Evaluation Model.
6. Data Sources.
7. Data Analysis.
8. Is It Evaluation or Is It Research?
9. Writing the Evaluation Report.
10. Evaluation as a Business.
Appendix A: More on Data Analysis.
Appendix B: Sample Evaluation Report.
Appendix C: Sample Evaluation Contract.
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

John Boulmetis is a professor in the School of Education (SOE),director of graduate studies for the SOE, co-director of theURI/RIC PhD Program, and coordinator of the graduate program inAdult Education at the University of Rhode Island.
Phyllis Dutwin is president of Dutwin Associates, a training anddevelopment firm, and former vice president of Reading andEducational Services of New Jersey, and is the author of more thana dozen books used by adults individually and in adult educationclassrooms.