Download or read book Evaluation studies review annual written by Ross F. Conner and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluation Studies Review Annual written by Linda H. Aiken and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1985-08-01 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 10 in this acclaimed annual series assembles contributions from one hundred and ten outstanding researchers and practitioners in the evaluation field. The forty one case studies, position papers, and analyses offered in this collection provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of evaluation knowledge.

Download or read book Evaluation Studies Review Annual written by and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1978-09-01 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluation Studies Review Annual written by Marcia Guttentag and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1977-08-01 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluation Studies Review Annual written by Richard J. Light and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1983-06-01 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth volume in this series concentrates on developments of enormous importance to all of social science. Through such techniques as meta-analysis, the findings of very different studies can be given different mathematical weights and combined. Thus literature review becomes a way of consolidating past work in order to build upon it genuinely. In this volume, methodological questions are dealt with and a range of examples of reviews of research in education, mental health and medicine are presented.

Download or read book Methodological Advances in Evaluation Research written by Ross F. Conner and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1981-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conner explores new evaluation methods that do not fall within traditional evaluation methodological categories. These new methods -- or mixes of methods -- are more responsive to the setting and environment of the programme being evaluated. Essays in Part One describe and illustrate newer techniques such as simulation, cost-effectiveness principles, ethnographic approaches and social indicators. Part Two focuses on combinations of methods.

Download or read book Policy Studies Review Annual written by Stuart S. Nagel and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1977-08-01 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Impact Analysis for Program Evaluation written by Lawrence B. Mohr and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1995-09-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Edition of this useful book was popular for its integration of multiple regression with evaluation design and for offering systematic ways to select the proper goals for single- and multiple-outcome evaluations. This revised edition covers new issues and to clarify further the concepts used in impact analysis.

Download or read book Utilizing Prior Research in Evaluation Planning written by David S. Cordray and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book NIH Extramural Center Programs written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-04-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grants for research centers located in universities, medical centers, and other nonprofit research institutions account for about 9 percent of the National Institutes of Health budget. Centers are popular because they can bring visibility, focus, and increased resources to bear on specific diseases. However, congressional debate in 2001 over proposed legislation directing NIH to set up centers for muscular dystrophy research highlighted several areas of uncertainty about how to decide when centers are an appropriate research mechanism in specific cases. The debate also highlighted a growing trend among patient advocacy groups to regard centers as a key element of every disease research program, regardless of how much is known about the disease in question, the availability of experienced researchers, and other factors. This book examines the criteria and procedures used in deciding whether to establish new specialized research centers. It discusses the future role of centers in light of the growing trend of large-scale research in biomedicine, and it offers recommendations for improving the classification and tracking of center programs, clarifying and improving the decision process and criteria for initiating center programs, resolving the occasional disagreements over the appropriateness of centers, and evaluating the performance of center programs more regularly and systematically.

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Download or read book Qualitative Research Evaluation Methods written by Michael Quinn Patton and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Unstable and Brittle Diabetes, Geoff Gill brings together research on the management of brittle diabetes (or erratic glucose control), which is a controversial area in terms of definition and management and one that creates much debate among diabetologists. This monograph aims to help the diabetologist understand this troublesome condition.

Download or read book Evaluation Research written by Alan Clarke and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1999-12-07 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing students and practitioners with a comprehensive introduction to evaluation research, this book shows how social research methods and methodologies can be applied in a variety of evaluation contexts. The author: - illustrates the contribution both quantitative and qualitative methods can make to evaluation; - stresses the important part played by theory in the evaluation enterprise; - introduces some of the conceptual, methodological and practical problems encountered when undertaking this type of applied research, especially in the areas of criminal justice, health care and education.

Download or read book Foundations of Program Evaluation written by William R. Shadish and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1991 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foundations of Program Evaluationheralds a thorough exploration of the field of program evaluation--looking back on its origins. By summarizing, comparing, and contrasting the work of seven major theorists of program evaluation, this book provides an important perspective on the current state of evaluation theory and provides suggestions for ways of improving its practice. Beginning in Chapter Two, the authors develop a conceptual framework to analyze how successfully each theory meets the specific criteria of its framework. Each subsequent chapter is devoted to the presentation of the theoretical and practical advice of a significant theorist--Michael Scriven, Donald Campbell, Carol Weiss, Joseph Wholey, Robert Stake, Lee Cronbach, and Peter Rossi.

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Download or read book Empowerment Evaluation written by David M. Fetterman and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1996 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outstanding group of evaluators from academia, government, nonprofits, and foundations explores empowerment evaluation, a method for using evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination. Empowerment Evaluation begins with an in-depth examination of this type of evaluation as it has been adopted in academic and foundation settings. The book then focuses on the various contexts in which empowerment evaluation is conducted, ranging from resistant environments (in which significant effort is required to move from passive-compliance orientations) to responsive environments (that already have a tradition of self-determination and community organizing). Interesting highlights concerning the role empowerment evaluation has played in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' substance abuse prevention programs are detailed throughout the book. The contributors also provide down-to-earth tools and technical assistance needed to conduct empowerment evaluation. This volume concludes with themes that emerge from the chapters and recommendations concerning next steps. This serves to strengthen the links between empowerment evaluation and community capacity building. empow

Download or read book Innovative Approaches to Mental Health Evaluation written by Gerald J. Stahler and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovative Approaches to Mental Health Evaluation is a collection of papers that provides a broad range of ideas, methods, and techniques in program administration and evaluation in the field of mental health. The book is organized into 2 sections. Part I, consisting of 8 chapters, presents the necessary evaluation strategies and approaches that effectively address the important mental health issues for the 1980s such as prevention programs; the linking of health and mental health delivery systems; accountability in assuring quality of services; deinstitutionalizing the chronically mentally ill; and providing for greater local participation in mental health program management. Part II, surveys the promising evaluation methods, approaches, and relevant issues that are emerging in the new organizational and political environment of the mental health system. The book will be of good use to mental health administrators, researchers, managers, students, and evaluators.