TY - BOOK AU - Posavac,Emil J. AU - Carey,Raymond G. TI - Program evaluation: methods and case studies SN - 0132553325 AV - H62.5.U5 P62 1996 U1 - 361.6/1/072 20 PY - 1997/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Prentice Hall KW - Evaluation research (Social action programs) KW - United States KW - Program Evaluation KW - methods KW - Evaluation Studies KW - Social Work KW - âEvaluation de programme KW - âEtats-Unis KW - Recherche âevaluative (Programmes d'action sociale) KW - Evaluatie KW - gtt KW - Methodologie KW - Social sciences KW - Research N1 - 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; Also issued online ER -