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Evaluation methodology basics : the nuts and bolts of sound evaluation / E. Jane Davidson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: xvi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0761929290
  • 9780761929291
  • 0761929304
  • 9780761929307
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 001.4 22
LOC classification:
  • H62 .D254 2005
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
1. What is evaluation? -- 2. Defining the purpose of the evaluation -- 3. Identifying evaluative criteria -- 4. Organizing the criteria and identifying potential sources of evidence -- 5. Dealing with the causation issue -- 6. "Values" in evaluation -- 7. Determining importance -- 8. The merit determination step -- 9. Synthesis methodology -- 10. Putting it all together -- 11. Meta-evaluation.
Review: "Evaluation Methodology Basics is an ideal text for students of evaluation and students in programs that have evaluation course requirements, such as education, health, sociology, psychology, and many others throughout the social sciences. It will also be essential reading for practitioners who find themselves thrown into evaluation roles without the benefit of specialized evaluation training."--Book jacket.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 001.4 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A265461B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 001.4 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A218447B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 001.4 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A505229B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 001.4 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A505221B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-252) and index.

1. What is evaluation? -- 2. Defining the purpose of the evaluation -- 3. Identifying evaluative criteria -- 4. Organizing the criteria and identifying potential sources of evidence -- 5. Dealing with the causation issue -- 6. "Values" in evaluation -- 7. Determining importance -- 8. The merit determination step -- 9. Synthesis methodology -- 10. Putting it all together -- 11. Meta-evaluation.

"Evaluation Methodology Basics is an ideal text for students of evaluation and students in programs that have evaluation course requirements, such as education, health, sociology, psychology, and many others throughout the social sciences. It will also be essential reading for practitioners who find themselves thrown into evaluation roles without the benefit of specialized evaluation training."--Book jacket.

Also issued online.

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