Author : Richard A. Berk
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 42,59 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780761917656
Through the use of specific examples to illustrate evaluation research goals and methods, this book provides readers with an overview of the science and politics of evaluation research. The Second Edition includes coverage of meta-analysis, selection models and instrumental variables.
Author : R. Stockmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,20 MB
Release : 2013-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137012471
By explaining the role of evaluation in modern societies and its historical development in the USA and Europe this book highlights the scientific roots of Evaluation and offers an overview of its fundamental theories and concepts. The process of collecting, analyzing and interpreting is explored giving an insight into the course of an evaluation.
Author : James C. McDavid
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 12,33 MB
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 145228959X
Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice, Second Edition offers an accessible, practical introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations, and has been extensively updated since the first edition. Using examples, it covers topics in a detailed fashion, making it a useful guide for students as well as practitioners who are participating in program evaluations or constructing and implementing performance measurement systems. Authors James C. McDavid, Irene Huse, and Laura R. L. Hawthorn guide readers through conducting quantitative and qualitative program evaluations, needs assessments, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses, as well as constructing, implementing and using performance measurement systems. The importance of professional judgment is highlighted throughout the book as an intrinsic feature of evaluation practice.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 24,62 MB
Release : 1991-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 030904281X
With insightful discussion of program evaluation and the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control, this book presents a set of clear-cut recommendations to help ensure that the substantial resources devoted to the fight against AIDS will be used most effectively. This expanded edition of Evaluating AIDS Prevention Programs covers evaluation strategies and outcome measurements, including a realistic review of the factors that make evaluation of AIDS programs particularly difficult. Randomized field experiments are examined, focusing on the use of alternative treatments rather than placebo controls. The book also reviews nonexperimental techniques, including a critical examination of evaluation methods that are observational rather than experimentalâ€"a necessity when randomized experiments are infeasible.
Author : Sue L. T. McGregor
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 22,37 MB
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1506350976
Understanding and Evaluating Research: A Critical Guide shows students how to be critical consumers of research and to appreciate the power of methodology as it shapes the research question, the use of theory in the study, the methods used, and how the outcomes are reported. The book starts with what it means to be a critical and uncritical reader of research, followed by a detailed chapter on methodology, and then proceeds to a discussion of each component of a research article as it is informed by the methodology. The book encourages readers to select an article from their discipline, learning along the way how to assess each component of the article and come to a judgment of its rigor or quality as a scholarly report.
Author : Peter Henry Rossi
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 1982-02
Category : Law
ISBN :
Author : Arnold J. Love
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 24,4 MB
Release : 1991-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780803932012
This text provides an introduction to the theory and practice of internal evaluation. It presents the stages of internal evaluation growth, ways of identifying users' needs and selecting appropriate evaluation methods.
Author : Wolfgang Meyer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 13,98 MB
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137376376
Evaluation has become an important instrument for rational governance and is used in an increasing number of countries and policy fields. Recent developments at the global, national and local level are changing the conditions and functions of evaluation worldwide. This book examines current global development trends and changing demands for evaluation. It addresses issues surrounding professionalisation and globalisation, examining the need to strengthen accountability for social development in various different policy fields, regions and countries to improve governance and its impacts on social betterment. It also considers issues of quality, utility and further education and the upgrading of evaluation in a broad variety of different organisations, such as multilateral donor organisations, national public administrations, private consultancies, civil-society organisations, universities, and research institutes. With contributions from 30 different countries, this book combines a broad variety of viewpoints to examine the global future of evaluation.
Author : Bruce B. Frey
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1996 pages
File Size : 36,35 MB
Release : 2018-01-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 1506326145
This encyclopedia is the first major reference guide for students new to the field, covering traditional areas while pointing the way to future developments.
Author : Ronald Rousseau
Publisher : Chandos Publishing
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 47,82 MB
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0081024754
Becoming Metric-Wise: A Bibliometric Guide for Researchers aims to inform researchers about metrics so that they become aware of the evaluative techniques being applied to their scientific output. Understanding these concepts will help them during their funding initiatives, and in hiring and tenure. The book not only describes what indicators do (or are designed to do, which is not always the same thing), but also gives precise mathematical formulae so that indicators can be properly understood and evaluated. Metrics have become a critical issue in science, with widespread international discussion taking place on the subject across scientific journals and organizations. As researchers should know the publication-citation context, the mathematical formulae of indicators being used by evaluating committees and their consequences, and how such indicators might be misused, this book provides an ideal tome on the topic. - Provides researchers with a detailed understanding of bibliometric indicators and their applications - Empowers researchers looking to understand the indicators relevant to their work and careers - Presents an informed and rounded picture of bibliometrics, including the strengths and shortcomings of particular indicators - Supplies the mathematics behind bibliometric indicators so they can be properly understood - Written by authors with longstanding expertise who are considered global leaders in the field of bibliometrics
