Program evaluation : methods and case studies /
Emil J. Posavac, Raymond G. Carey.
- 5th ed.
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1997.
- xiv, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-293) and indexes.
1. Program evaluation: an overview -- 2. Planning and evaluation -- 3. Selecting criteria and setting standards -- 4. Developing measures -- 5. Ethics in program evaluation -- 6. The assessment of need -- 7. Monitoring the operation of programs -- 8. Single group, nonexperimental outcome evaluations -- Quasi-experimental approaches to outcome evaluation -- 10. Using experiments to evaluate programs -- 11. Analysis of costs and outcomes -- 12. Qualitative evaluation methods -- 13. Evaluation reports: interpreting and communicating findings -- 14. How to encourage utilization -- Appendix: Illustrative evaluation report.
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Evaluation research (Social action programs)--United States. Program Evaluation--methods--United States. Evaluation Studies--United States. Social Work--United States. âEvaluation de programme--âEtats-Unis Recherche âevaluative (Programmes d'action sociale)--âEtats-Unis Evaluatie. Methodologie.