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Informationen zum Autor Francis K. O. Yuen, DSW, ACSW , is a Professor in the Division of Social Work at California State University, Sacramento. He has served in many capacities as human service agency administrator; principal investigator for government grant projects; grant writer and reviewer; and program evaluator for local, state, and international projects. Kenneth L. Terao, MA , is a senior evaluation specialist with JBS International, Inc., Aguirre Division, a social science research firm located in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been a director and evaluator for many major grant-funded projects in community and educational settings. Anna Marie Schmidt, MA , is an evaluation specialist with JBS International, Inc., Aguirre Division, a social science research firm located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Previously, she managed national and international nonprofit projects. Klappentext As part of the recent movement toward evidence-based practice and accountability! funding agencies have asked grant seekers to explain how they will measure the effectiveness of the project being funded. Zusammenfassung As part of the recent movement toward evidence-based practice and accountability! funding agencies have asked grant seekers to explain how they will measure the effectiveness of the project being funded. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xi About the Authors xiii About the Contributors xv Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Purpose of This Book 1 The Organization and Approaches Used for This Book 2 Grant Writing and Program Evaluation: Outcomes and Evidence 4 Grant Proposal and Performance Measures 4 Evidence-Based Practice 5 Defining Program and Program Planning 6 What Is a Program? 6 What Is Program Planning? 7 The Ethics and Secret Handshake of Grant Writing and Program Evaluation 7 Chapter 2 Community and Target Population, Service Providers, and Funding Sources 11 The Good Idea Program 12 What Is a Community? 13 Macro Practice, Grant Writing, and Program Evaluations 14 Target Populations and Needs 15 Service Providers 17 Professional Insight 2.1: Agency Administrator to Get Support for Service Projects 19 Funding Sources 21 Government 22 Professional Insight 2.2: Important Suggestions Related to State or Federal Grant Funds 24 Foundations 27 Professional Insight 2.3: Ten Tips on Successful Grant Seeking 28 Chapter 3 Basic Research Methods and Program Evaluation 31 Program Evaluation: A Practice of Social Research 32 Research Question 33 Developing a Research Question 33 Ethical Considerations 34 Research Designs 38 Qualitative and Quantitative Research 38 Inductive and Deductive Learning 39 Four Major Types of Research Designs 40 Exploratory Designs 40 Descriptive Designs 41 Experimental Designs 43 Evaluative Research Design 46 A Mixed Approach 47 Validity and Reliability 47 Professional Insight 3.1: What Is "Self-Determination" All About? 48 Validity 49 Internal and External Validity 51 Reliability 52 The Relationship between Validity and Reliability 53 Causation and Correlation 53 Correlation and Association 55 Sampling 56 Probability Sampling (Random Sampling) 57 Nonprobability Sampling (Nonrandom Sampling) 59 Sample Size: How Many Is Needed? 60 Data Collection and Instruments 61 Data Analysis 63 Four Levels of Measurement 63 Dependent and Independent Variables 67 Statistics 68 Chapter 4 Program Planning and Evaluation 73 Needs Assessment 74 Define Needs Assessment 75 Needs Assessment and Program Eva...
