Program evaluation theory and practice:a comprehensive guide/ Donna M. Mertens, Amy T. Wilson
Physical description:
619 p. 26 cm.;
Bibliographic notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.;
Edition:
1st ed.;
Author(s): Mertens, Donna M.;
Wilson, Amy T.;
ISBN:
9781462503247 (hbk. : alk. paper;
9781462503155 (pbk. : alk. paper;
Subjects: Evaluation research (Social action programs;
Social sciences --Research --Methodology;
Formatted contents notes:
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.;
Publisher:
New York, NY : Guilford Press , c2012;
Call number: 361.2072 MER;
H62 .M42317 2012;
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0 $aThe 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.