Program evaluation theory and practice a comprehensive guide

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...

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1. Verfasser: Mertens, Donna M. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Wilson, Amy T. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY u.a. Guilford Press c 2012
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XVII, 621 S.
Ill., graph. Darst.
26 cm
ISBN:9781462503247
978-1-4625-0324-7
9781462503155
978-1-4625-0315-5