PROGRAM EVALUATION, 6th Edition will help you learn how to evaluate services and programs that you will encounter in your professional practice. In the process of learning evaluation techniques and skills, you will become proficient at critically analyzing evaluation studies conducted by others. The authors present and simplify all the essentials needed for a critical appreciation of evaluation issues and methodology. The text's clear writing style and presentation of concepts, as well as its hands-on and applied focus, will guide you on how to gather evidence and demonstrate that your interventions and programs are effective in improving your clients' lives. This edition's up-to-date coverage includes a greater number of references to current literature, emphasizing that consulting the literature is an important step in recognizing, developing, and evaluating evidence-based practice or research-informed practice.
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Program Evaluation
An Introduction to an Evidence-Based Approach
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Program Evaluation
An Introduction to an Evidence-Based Approach
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Design and implement various types of program evaluations, including needs assessments, formative, process, and mixed-methods approaches, to gather evidence for program improvement and effectiveness.
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Select and apply appropriate research designs, sampling strategies, and measurement tools, including single-system and group designs, to collect and analyze data for evaluating program outcomes and cost-effectiveness.
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Address ethical considerations and pragmatic challenges in program evaluation, including cultural sensitivity and political influences, and effectively communicate evaluation findings through professional proposals and reports.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Ch 1: Introduction
- Ch 2: Ethical Issues in Program Evaluation
- Ch 3: Needs Assessment
- Ch 4: Qualitative and Mixed Methods in Evaluation
- Ch 5: What are Formative and Process Evaluation?
- Ch 6: Single System Research Designs
- Ch 7: Client Satisfaction
- Ch 8: Sampling
- Ch 9: Group Research Designs
- Ch 10: Cost-Effectiveness and Cost Analysis
- Ch 11: Measurement Tools and Strategies
- Ch 12: Selecting the Best Evaluation Measure for Your Project
- Ch 13: Pragmatic Issues
- Ch 14: Writing Evaluation Proposals, Reports, and Journal Articles
- Index
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