Program Evaluation - Methods and Case Studies

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth J. Linfield is Professor and Director of Graduate Training in the School of Professional Psychology at Spalding University in Louisville, KY, USA where he teaches the Program Evaluation course in the doctoral Clinical Psychology program. Emil J. Posavac is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago, USA where he served as director of the Applied Social Psychology Graduate Program and chairman of the Psychology Department. Klappentext This text provides a solid foundation in program evaluation, covering the main components of evaluating agencies and their programs, how best to address those components, and the procedures to follow when conducting evaluations. Zusammenfassung This text provides a solid foundation in program evaluation, covering the main components of evaluating agencies and their programs, how best to address those components, and the procedures to follow when conducting evaluations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Program Evaluation: An Overview 2. Planning an Evaluation 3. Developing and Using a Theory of the Program 4. Developing Measures of Implementation and Outcomes 5. Ethics in Program Evaluation 6. The Assessment of Need 7. Monitoring the Implementation and the Operation of Programs 8. Qualitative Evaluation Methods 9. Outcome Evaluations with One Group 10. Quasi-Experimental Approaches to Outcome Evaluation 11. Using Experiments to Evaluate Programs 12. Analyses of Costs and Outcomes 13. Evaluation Reports: Interpreting and Communicating Findings 14. How to Encourage Utilization

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• Authors: Kenneth J. Linfield, Kenneth J. (Spalding University Linfield, Emil J. Posavac, Emil J. (Loyola University Chicago Posavac, Posavac Emil J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138103962
• ISBN: 978-1-138-10396-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Personnel & human resources management, Psychological testing & measurement, Personnel and human resources management, Psychological testing and measurement