Evaluation Thesaurus

Written by one of the leaders in evaluation, Evaluation Thesaurus, Fourth Edition, provides readers with a quick analysis of the leading concepts, positions, acronyms, processes, techniques, and checklists in the field of evaluation. Containing nearly 2000 entries, Michael Scriven's thesaurus offers professionals and students a guide for understanding the relation of evaluation to the doctrine of value-free social science, ways to integrate the parts of multi-dimensional evaluations into an overall rating, the realities of evaluation consulting, and techniques for the use of spreadsheets in qualitative evaluation.

Sommario

Preface
Introduction
The Nature of Evaluation
Conventions
Thesaurus
Acronyms & Abbreviations

Riassunto

An evaluation thesaurus which contains sections on the relevance of personnel evaluation to programme evaluation, the extension of objective testing beyond multiple-choice items without increasing correcting time and modern computer applications for evaluation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Scriven, Scriven Michael
• Editore: Sage Publications
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.10.1991
• EAN: 9780803943643
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-4364-3
• Pagine: 408
• Peso: 590 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Reference, Reference works, Personnel & human resources management, Social research & statistics, Personnel and human resources management, Social research and statistics