Posavac, Emil J.

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.

Social sciences Research

H62.5.U5 / P62 1996

361.6/1/072