An Introduction to Program Evaluation: Basic Concepts and Example Cases

This book is meant to be a supplementary resource for students of introductory post-secondary courses on program evaluation, those who are relative novices in the field of evaluation who wish to conduct or commission program evaluation work and stakeholders of program evaluation studies. This resource provides: information about basic concepts in program evaluation, emphasizes the importance of standards of best practice and ethical issues in program evaluation, presents an overview of various program evaluation approaches/models, includes a generic program evaluation process, offers practical information and advice based on best practices and experience, uses case examples to demonstrate various evaluation approaches/models and methodologies and is written in plain language.