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Evaluation

by: Rossi, Peter H.; Freeman, Howard E.; Lipsey, Mark W.

Evaluation

by: Rossi, Peter H.; Freeman, Howard E.; Lipsey, Mark W.

ISBN 13:
9780761908937
ISBN 10:
0761908935
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/1999
Publisher: Sage Pubns
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Summary

The book that has been a benchmark in evaluation has been further improved and updated. Relied on by over 90,000 readers as the text on how to design, implement and appraise the utility of social programmes, the Sixth Edition of Evaluation has been completely revised to include the latest techniques and approaches, as well as guidelines for how evaluations should be tailored to fit programmes and social contexts.

Preface

1 Programs, Policies, and Evaluations

(34)

What Is Evaluation Research?

(5)

A Brief History of Evaluation Research

(11)

An Overview of Program Evaluation

(7)

Evaluation Research in Practice

(6)

Who Can Do Evaluations?

(2)

Summary

(2)

2 Tailoring Evaluations

(42)

What Aspects of the Evaluation Plan Must Be Tailored?

(1)

What Considerations Should Guide Evaluation Planning?

(15)

The Nature of the Evaluator-Stakeholder Relationship

(8)

Evaluation Questions and Evaluation Methods

(12)

Stitching It All Together

(2)

Summary

(3)

3 Identifying Issues and Formulating Questions

(40)

What Makes a Good Evaluation Question?

(7)

Determining the Questions on Which the Evaluation Should Focus

(27)

Collating Evaluation Questions and Setting Priorities

115

(1)

Summary

116

(3)

4 Assessing the Need for a Program

119

(36)

The Role of Evaluators in Diagnosing Social Conditions and Service Needs

120

(5)

Defining Social Problems

125

(1)

Specifying the Extent of the Problem: When, Where, and How Big?

126

(11)

Defining and Identifying the Targets of Interventions

137

(9)

Describing the Nature of Service Needs

146

(5)

Summary

151

(4)

5 Expressing and Assessing Program Theory

155

(36)

The Evaluability Assessment Perspective

157

(3)

Eliciting and Expressing Program Theory

160

(13)

Assessing Program Theory

173

(14)

Summary

187

(4)

6 Monitoring Program Process and Performance

191

(44)

What Is Program Monitoring?

192

(11)

Perspectives on Program Monitoring

203

(4)

Monitoring Service Utilization

207

(7)

Monitoring Organizational Functions

214

(6)

Monitoring Program Outcomes

220

(5)

Collecting Data for Monitoring

225

(4)

Analysis of Monitoring Data

229

(2)

Summary

231

(4)

7 Strategies for Impact Assessment

235

(44)

Key Concepts in Impact Assessment

236

(5)

Extraneous Confounding Factors

241

(3)

Design Effects

244

(13)

Design Strategies for Isolating the Effects of Extraneous Factors

257

(3)

A Catalog of Impact Assessment Designs

260

(8)

Judgmental Approaches to Impact Assessment

268

(1)

Quantitative Versus Qualitative Data in Impact Assessments

269

(2)

Inference Validity Issues in Impact Assessment

271

(3)

Choosing the Right Impact Assessment Strategy

274

(1)

Summary

275

(4)

8 Randomized Designs for Impact Assessment

279

(30)

Units of Analysis

279

(1)

Experiments as an Impact Assessment Strategy

280

(12)

Analyzing Randomized Experiments

292

(5)

Limitations on the Use of Randomized Experiments

297

(8)

Summary

305

(4)

9 Quasi-Experimental Impact Assessments

309

(34)

Quasi-Experimental Impact Assessment

309

(4)

Constructing Comparison Groups in Quasi-Experimental Evaluations

313

(19)

Some Cautions in Using Constructed Controls

332

(8)

Summary

340

(3)

10 Assessment of Full-Coverage Programs

343

(22)

Nonuniform Full-Coverage Programs

344

(3)

Reflexive Controls

347

(9)

Shadow Controls

356

(7)

Summary

363

(2)

11 Measuring Efficiency

365

(32)

Key Concepts in Efficiency Analysis

367

(7)

Methodology of Cost-Benefit Analysis

374

(16)

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

390

(4)

Summary

394

(3)

12 The Social Context of Evaluation

397

(44)

The Purposefulness of Evaluation Activities

398

(2)

The Social Ecology of Evaluations

400

(17)

The Profession of Evaluation

417

(8)

Evaluation Standards, Guidelines, and Ethics

425

(6)

Utilization of Evaluation Results

431

(5)

Epilogue

436

(3)

Summary

439

(2)

Glossary

441

(10)

References

451

(26)

Author Index

477

(6)

Subject Index

483

(16)

About the Authors

499

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