Program Evaluation: An Introduction, International Edition - Softcover

David Royse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495604267 ISBN 13: 9780495604266

Publisher: Wadsworth, 2009

Synopsis

Praised by instructors and students alike, PROGRAM EVALUATION: AN INTRODUCTION, International Edition helps your students evaluate services and programs that they will encounter in their professional practice. In the process of learning evaluation techniques and skills, students will become proficient at critically analyzing evaluation studies conducted by others. The authors present and simplify all the essentials needed for a critical appreciation of evaluation issues and methodology. The authors' clear writing style and clear presentation of concepts, as well as the text's hands-on and applied focus, will guide students on how to gather evidence and demonstrate that their interventions and programs are effective in improving clients' lives.

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Review:

1. Introduction. 2. Ethical Issues in Program Evaluation. 3 Needs Assessment. 4. Qualitative and Mixed Methods in Evaluation. 5. Formative and Process Evaluation. 6. Single System Research Designs. 7. Client Satisfaction. 8. Sampling. 9. Group Research Designs. 10. Cost-Effectiveness and Cost Analysis Designs. 11. Measurement Tools and Strategies. 12. Illustrations of Instruments. 13. Pragmatic Issues. 14. Data Analysis. 15. Writing Evaluation Proposals, Reports, and Journal Articles.

About the Author:

Dr. Logan has a Ph.D. in applied psychology and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science at the University of Kentucky with appointments in the Department of Psychiatry and the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research. Dr. Logan has been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to examine HIV risk behavior, victimization, and drug use among crack users and by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to study alcohol, violence, mental health and health status and utilization among rural and urban women with protective orders.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0495604267
• ISBN 13: 9780495604266
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 1