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List of contents
1. Ethics and Evaluation 2. The Entry/Contracting Stage Scenario 1: The Coordination Project
Commentary: Consumers, Culture, and Validity,
Karen E. KirkhartCommentary: Whose Evaluation Is It, Anyway?,
David M. ChavisWhat If...?
Final Thoughts: The Coordination Project
Scenario 2: Just Say No?
Questions to Consider
3. Designing the EvaluationScenario 1: The Damp Parade?
Commentary: Everybody Talks about the Weather...,
Melvin M. MarkCommentary: No Rain Today,
Gail V. BarringtonWhat If...?
Final Thoughts: The Damp Parade
Scenario 2: WhatâEUR(TM)s under the Rock?
Questions to Consider
4. Data Collection Scenario 1: The Folder
Commentary: Hold âEUR(TM)Em or Fold(er) âEUR(TM)Em?: WhatâEUR(TM)s an Evaluator to Do?,
Michael HendricksCommentary: Centering the Folder,
sarita davisWhat IfâEUR¿..?
Final Thoughts: The Folder
Scenario 2: Hideout
Questions to Consider
5. Data Analysis and Interpretation Scenario 1: Knock, Knock, WhatâEUR(TM)s There?
Commentary: WhatâEUR(TM)s There: Confidence or Competence?,
Leslie J. CooksyCommentary: Interpreting Effects,
William R. ShadishWhat If...?
Final Thoughts: Knock, Knock, WhatâEUR(TM)s There?
Scenario 2: Things Happen
Questions to Consider
6. Communication of Results Scenario 1: Mainstream
Commentary: Mainstreaming Process Evaluation: Ethical Issues in Reporting Interim Results,
Mary Ann ScheirerCommentary: Reporting Bad News: Challenges and Opportunities in an Ethical Dilemma,
Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar and
LucÃa Orellana-DamacelaWhat If...?
Final Thoughts: Mainstream
Scenario 2: Whose Voices?
Questions to Consider
7. Utilization of ResultsScenario 1: Nightly News
Commentary: Fixing the Spin on Evaluation,
Laura C. LevitonCommentary: From Substance Abuse to Evaluation Misuse: Is There a Way Out?,
Sharon F. RallisWhat If...?
Final Thoughts: Nightly News
Scenario 2: Is My Job Done Yet?
Questions to Consider
8. Lessons Learned Appendix A. The Guiding Principles for Evaluators
Appendix B. The Program Evaluation Standards, Second Edition
About the author
Michael Morris is Professor of Psychology at the University of New Haven, where he directs the Master's Program in Community Psychology. He served as the first editor of the Ethical Challenges section of the American Journal of Evaluation from 1998 to 2004. His publications have appeared in Evaluation Review, Evaluation and Program Planning, the American Journal of Community Psychology, and the Journal of Community of Psychology, among others. He coedited, with Jody Fitzpatrick, the New Directions for Evaluation volume devoted to Current and Emerging Ethical Challenges in Evaluation (1999). Dr. Morris is a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of New Directions for Evaluation and the American Journal of Evaluation and has served as Chair of the Ethics Committee and the Public Affairs Committee of the American Evaluation Association. His other books include Poverty and Public Policy (with John Williamson) and Myths about the Powerless (with M. Brinton Lykes, Ramsay Liem, and Ali Banuazizi). A trainer in evaluation ethics throughout the United States and abroad, he received his PhD in community-social psychology from Boston College.
Summary
Focusing on ethical challenges in program evaluation, this book features six case-study scenarios that end at a point where the evaluator faces a significant decision about how to proceed. It is organized to follow the progress of an evaluation, from the entry-contracting phase through the utilization of results.
