Program evaluation theory and practice a comprehensive guide /
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Guilford Press,
c2012.
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Table of Contents:
- The landscape of evaluation
- Introduction to evaluation: defining terms and ethical considerations
- Framing evaluation : paradigms, branches, and theories
- Historical and contemporary evaluation paradigms, branches, theories, and approaches
- The postpositivist paradigm and the methods branch
- The pragmatic paradigm and the use branch
- The constructivist paradigm and the values branch
- The transformative paradigm and the social justice branch
- Planning evaluations
- Working with stakeholders: establishing the context and the evaluand
- Evaluation purposes and questions
- Evaluation designs
- Data collection strategies and indicators
- Stakeholders, participants, and sampling
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Implementation in evaluation
- Communication and utilization of findings
- Meta-evaluation and project management
- Perennial and emerging issues in evaluation
- Glossary.