Research Catalog

Title

Handbook of practical program evaluation / Joseph S. Wholey, Harry P. Hatry, Kathryn E. Newcomer, editors.

Publication

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wholey, Joseph S.
• Hatry, Harry P.
• Newcomer, Kathryn E., 1949-

Description

xliv, 720 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation is a comprehensive resource on evaluation, covering both in-depth program evaluations and performance monitoring. It presents evaluation methods that will be useful at all levels of government and in nonprofit organizations."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Program Evaluation
• Political planning > Evaluation
• Policy sciences

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Meeting the need for practical evaluation approaches : an introduction / Kathryn E. Newcomer, Harry P. Hatry and Joseph S. Wholey -- Pt. 1. Designing performance monitoring systems and evaluation studies -- 1. Using logic models / John A. McLaughlin and Gretchen B. Jordan -- 2. Evaluability assessment / Joseph S. Wholey -- 3. Implementation evaluation / Arnold Love -- 4. Performance monitoring / Theodore H. Poister -- 5. Quasi-experimentation / Charles S. Reichardt and Melvin M. Mark -- 6. Using randomized experiments / Robert G. St. Pierre -- 7. Meta-analysis, systematic reviews, and research syntheses / Robert F. Boruch and Anthony Petrosino -- Pt. 2. Practical data collection procedures -- 8. Trained observer ratings / John M. Greiner -- 9. Using surveys / Kathryn E. Newcomer and Timothy Triplett -- 10. Using expert judgment / Harvey A. Averch -- 11. Role playing / Margery Austin Turner and Wendy Zimmermann -- 12. Using focus groups / Robert Goldenkoff -- 13. Collecting data in the field / Demetra Smith Nightingale and Shelli Balter Rossman -- 14. Using agency records / Harry P. Hatry -- Pt. 3. Analyzing evaluation data -- 15. Qualitative data analysis / Sharon L. Caudle -- 16. Using statistics in evaluation / Kathryn E. Newcomer and Philip W. Wirtz -- 17. Using regression analysis / Dale E. Berger -- 18. Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis / James Edwin Kee -- Pt. 4. Getting evaluation results used -- 19. Pitfalls of evaluation / Harry P. Hatry and Kathryn E. Newcomer -- 20. Managing evaluation projects / James B. Bell -- 21. Writing for impact / George F. Grob -- 22. Using organizational report cards / William T. Gormley, Jr. -- 23. The use of evaluation by nonprofit organizations / Mary E. Kopczynski and Kathleen Pritchard -- 24. Other issues and trends in evaluation / Harry P. Hatry, Joseph S. Wholey and Kathryn E. Newcomer.

ISBN

0787967130 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004001316

OCLC

• ocm54073753
• SCSB-5053708

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries