Program Evaluation,9780830414154

Program Evaluation

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780830414154
ISBN10: 0830414150
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-02-01
Publisher(s): Brooks Cole
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Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction
1(20)
What Is a Program?
2(4)
Program Evaluation Defined
6(1)
Reasons Why Programs Are Evaluated
7(5)
Overcoming the Subjective Perspective
12(6)
Chapter Recap
18(3)
The Evaluation of Need: Needs Assessment
21(30)
Planning Needs Assessments
25(1)
Selecting a Needs Assessment Approach
26(11)
Needs Assessment Illustration 1
37(3)
Thinking Creatively about Needs Assessments
40(1)
Needs Assessment Illustration 2
41(3)
Final Thoughts
44(7)
Qualitative Evaluation: Formative and Process Evaluation, Program Monitoring, and Quality Assurance
51(34)
Formative Evaluation
51(3)
Conducting a Formative Evaluation
54(3)
Process Evaluation
57(3)
Program Monitoring
60(13)
Quality Assurance
73(3)
Improving Quality---Recent Themes
76(2)
Final Thoughts
78(7)
Goal Attainment Scaling and Client Satisfaction Studies
85(22)
Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS)
86(1)
Case Example of Goal Attainment Scaling
87(3)
GAS and Program Evaluation
90(1)
Variations of Goal Attainment Scaling
91(1)
Problems with Goal Attainment Scaling
92(2)
Client Satisfaction Studies
94(5)
The Hammond Model
99(3)
Chapter Recap
102(5)
Single System Research Designs
107(24)
Selecting Outcome Measures
108(2)
Conducting Needs Assessments
110(4)
Formative Evaluation
114(2)
Quality Assurance Studies
116(1)
Evaluation Designs
117(4)
Experimental Designs
121(5)
Chapter Recap
126(5)
Group Evaluation Designs
131(30)
Starting an Outcome Evaluation
131(3)
Outcome Evaluation Designs
134(3)
Pre-Experimental Evaluation Designs
137(4)
Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Evaluation Designs
141(5)
Eliminating Alternative Explanations
146(1)
Threats to Internal Validity
146(3)
Protection Against Alternative Explanations
149(1)
Experimental Designs
150(5)
Chapter Recap
155(6)
Cost Effectiveness and Cost Analysis Designs
161(14)
Example of a Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation
163(2)
How to Do a Cost-Effectiveness Study
165(2)
Other Methods of Cost Analysis
167(3)
Final Thoughts on Cost Analysis
170(5)
Measurement Tools and Strategies for Program Evaluation
175(32)
What to Measure
177(4)
Reliability
181(7)
Validity
188(2)
Locating Appropriate Instruments
190(3)
When Reference Books Don't Provide the Instrument You Want
193(2)
Constructing ``Good'' Evaluation Instruments
195(12)
Illustrations of Instruments
207(24)
Child Abuse Potential Inventory
208(3)
Clinical Anxiety Scale
211(2)
CES-D Scale
213(2)
UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3)
215(3)
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
218(2)
Adult-Adolescent Parenting Scale
220(2)
The Hope Scale
222(2)
Child Sexual Behavior Inventory
224(2)
Brief Symptom Inventory
226(5)
Pragmatic and Political Considerations
231(30)
Guidelines for Evaluation in Politically Charged Areas
235(3)
Other Pragmatic Problems
238(1)
Determining Sample Size
239(6)
Ethical Considerations
245(3)
Ethical Guidelines
248(1)
Locating Control Groups
249(3)
Ethical Dilemmas
252(2)
Chapter Recap
254(7)
Making Sense of Evaluation Data
261(30)
Univariate Analysis
263(6)
Bivariate Analysis
269(5)
Multivariate Analysis of Data
274(2)
Myths about Statistical Significance
276(2)
Understanding Trends
278(3)
Using Statistics in Reports
281(2)
Final Thoughts
283(8)
Writing the Evaluation Report
291(28)
Major Content Areas
291(16)
Mistakes to Avoid
307(5)
Checklist for Writing and Assessing Evaluation Reports
312(7)
Index 319

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