Program evaluation theory and practice a comprehensive guide /

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Main Author: Mertens, Donna M.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Wilson, Amy T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: 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.