Research Catalog

Title

A practitioner handbook on evaluation / edited by Reinhard Stockmann ; translated by Gareth Bartley.

Publication

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2011]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stockmann, Reinhard
• Bartley, Gareth

Description

x, 379 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

This comprehensive handbook serves as a reference manual providing answers to virtually every conceivable question that can arise during the planning and implementation process of an evaluation. Offers a basic introduction to the foundations and benefits of this type of investigation, as well as a comparison of different evaluation approaches. Also provides an in-depth methodological framework for data measurement, data collection and data management with a description of the reporting process.

Subject

• Centrum für Evaluation
• Evaluation research (Social action programs)
• Evaluation > Methodology
• Society
• Evaluation
• Praxis
• Handlungsorientierung
• Balanced Scorecard

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: What do we Need Evaluation For? / Reinhard Stockmann -- 2. An Introduction to Evaluation / Reinhard Stockmann -- 3. Competing and Complementary Approaches to Evaluation / Reinhard Stockmann -- 4. Organizational Aspects of Evaluations / Stefan Silvestrini -- 5. Evaluation Designs / Wolfgang Meyer -- 6. The Social Context of Evaluation / Tasso Brandt -- 7. Measuring: Indicators -- Scales -- Indices -- Interpretations / Wolfgang Meyer -- 8. Data Collection: Surveys -- Observations -- Non-reactive Procedures / Wolfgang Meyer -- 9. An Introduction to Data Management and Data Analysis / Peter Maats and Pascal Klären -- 10. Reporting / Vera Hennefeld and Ralph Meiers.

ISBN

• 9781849800426
• 1849800421

LCCN

2010926002

OCLC

• ocn711044096
• 711044096
• SCSB-1591739

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library