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Informationen zum Autor Chris L. S. Coryn, Ph.D., is the director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation (IDPE) program and assistant professor in the Evaluation, Measurement, and Research (EMR) program at Western Michigan University (WMU). He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and several books on evaluation. He is the executive editor of the Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation and serves on the editorial advisory board of the American Journal of Evaluation. Carl D. Westine, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Educational Research in the Educational Technology and Foundations department at the University of West Georgia, where he teaches and advises graduate students in program evaluation and research methods. Carl is a graduate of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation program at Western Michigan University. With a background in economics and statistics, he aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of evaluators through inspired teaching and research. His ongoing research efforts are focused on improving the designs of experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations and research studies in the fields of education and healthcare, professional development evaluations, and research on evaluation theories, methods, and practice. Klappentext Zusammenfassung This new four-volume Major Work brings together key works on the highly interdisciplinary topic of evaluation research methods! including papers on recent developments in the field and carefully selected international literatures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Volume One Part One: Contemporary Trends Section One: Research on Evaluation Theory, Method, and Practice Advancing Empirical Scholarship to Further Develop Evaluation Theory and Practice - Christina Christie Developing Standards for Empirical Examinations of Evaluation Theory - Robin Miller Research on Evaluation: A Needs Assessment - Michael Szanyi, Tarek Azzam and Matthew Galen Taking Stock of Empowerment Evaluation: An Empirical Review - Robin Miller and Rebecca Campbell Designing Evaluations: A Study Examining Preferred Evaluation Designs of Educational Evaluators - Tarek Azzam and Michael Szanyi A Systematic Review of Theory-Driven Evaluation Practice from 1990 to 2009 - Chris Coryn, Lindsay Noakes, Carl Westine and Daniela Schröter Evaluator Characteristics and Methodological Choice - Tarek Azzam Research on Evaluation Use: A Review of the Empirical Literature from 1986 to 2005 - Kelli Johnson, Lija Greenseid, Stacie Toal, Jean King, Frances Lawrenz and Boris Volkov Evaluation Use: Results from a Survey of U.S. American Evaluation Association Members - Dreolin Fleischer and Christina Christie Going through the Process: An Examination of the Operationalization of Process Use in Empirical Research on Evaluation - Courtney Amo and J. Bradley Cousins An Empirical Examination of Validity in Evaluation - Laura Peck, Yushim Kim and Joanna Lucio Part Two: Emerging Issues Section One: Visualizing Evaluation Data Data Visualization and Evaluation - Tarek Azzam, Stephanie Evergreen, Amy Germuth and Susan Kistler GIS in Evaluation: Utilizing the Power of Geographic Information Systems to Represent Evaluation Data - Tarek Azzam and David Robinson Section Two: Communication Unlearning Some of Our Social Scientist Habits - E. Jane Davidson Reconceptualizing Evaluator Roles - Gary Skoltis, Jennifer Morrow and Erin Burr Volume Two Part One: Methodological Developments Section One: Perspectives on Validity Validity Frameworks for Outcome Evaluation - Huey Chen, Stewart Donaldson and Melvin Mark Reframing Validity in Research and Evaluation: A Multidimensional, Systematic Model of Valid Inference - George Julnes Recommendations for Practice: Justifying Claims of Generalizability - Larry Hedges ...
