Evaluating Social Programs And Problems

Author : Stewart Ian Donaldson,Michael Scriven
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0805841857

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Evaluating Social Programs and Problems by Stewart Ian Donaldson,Michael Scriven Pdf

Today's evaluators are being challenged to help design and evaluate social programs intended to prevent and ameliorate complex social problems in a variety of settings, including schools, communities, and not-for-profit and for-profit organizations. Drawing upon the knowledge and experience of world-renowned evaluators, the goal of this new book is to provide the most up-to-date theorizing about how to practice evaluation in the new millennium. It features specific examples of evaluations of social programs and problems, including the strengths and weaknesses of the most popular and promising evaluation approaches, to help readers determine when particular methods are likely to be most effective. As such, it is the most comprehensive volume available on modern theories of evaluation practice. Evaluating Social Programs and Problems presents diverse, cutting-edge perspectives articulated by prominent evaluators and evaluation theorists on topics including, but not limited to: *Michael Scriven on evaluation as a trans-discipline; *Joseph S. Wholey on results-oriented management; *David Fetterman on empowerment evaluation; *Yvonna S. Lincoln on fourth-generation evaluation; *Donna M. Mertens on inclusive evaluation; *Stewart I. Donaldson on theory-driven evaluation; and *Melvin M. Mark on an integrated view of diverse visions for evaluation. Evaluating Social Programs and Problems is a valuable resource and should be considered required reading for practicing evaluators, evaluators-in-training, scholars and teachers of evaluation and research methods, and other professionals interested in improving social problem-solving efforts in the new millennium.

Author : Stewart I. Donaldson,Michael Scriven
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135636326

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Evaluating Social Programs and Problems by Stewart I. Donaldson,Michael Scriven Pdf

This book presents visions of how to solve social problems in the 21st century and how programs SHOULD be evaluated, not how they will be evaluated.

Author : Carl A. Bennett,Arthur A. Lumsdaine
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483260846

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Evaluation and Experiment by Carl A. Bennett,Arthur A. Lumsdaine Pdf

Evaluation and Experiment: Some Critical Issues in Assessing Social Programs is a collection of papers presented at the 1973 symposium held at The Battelle Seattle Research Center. This book contains eight chapters that consider some selected aspects of the problems in evaluating the outcomes of socially important programs, such as those dealing with education, health, and economic policy. The first chapter provides an overview of the issues around the Social Program Evaluation. The next chapters deal with the successes and failures brought by social innovations; the quasi-experimental evaluation in compensatory education to estimate the true effects of such education programs; and the usefulness and validity of econometric and related nonexperimental approaches for assessing the effects of social programs. These topics are followed by surveys of a number of additional program-evaluation studies, particularly in the field of family planning or fertility control, mostly carried out as experiments or quasi-experiments in Asian and Latin American countries. Other chapters describe the decision processes that involve explicit assessment of the worth or merit of outcomes and employ multivalued utility analysis and outline the ways in which evaluative data are useful in providing feedback to program or institutional operations and decisions. The final chapter discusses resolutions for some of the disagreements expressed by others concerning the role of field experiments, constraints in their utilization, and other factors that enter into a comprehensive conception of program evaluation.

Author : Stewart I.Donaldson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1099337489

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Evaluating Social Programs and Problems by Stewart I.Donaldson Pdf

This book presents visions of how to solve social problems in the 21st century and how programs SHOULD be evaluated, not how they will be evaluated.

Author : Robert W. Weinbach
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:39015059274665

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Evaluating Social Work Services and Programs by Robert W. Weinbach Pdf

Program Evaluation uses a practical, reader-friendly approach to de-mystify evaluation research, clarifying evaluation's relationship to social work practice and providing the knowledge necessary to conduct it. This book assumes some familiarity with traditional research methods and basic statistics or are currently studying them. It contains all necessary definitions and brief explanations of essential research terminology and concepts. However, it relates them directly to their usage in evaluation research, which is often quite diffent from the way they are used in traditional research. Well organized with excellent flow from chapter to chapter, Program Evaluation does not read like a research methods book, making it the most accessible book on evaluation research available.

Author : Paul J. Gertler,Sebastian Martinez,Patrick Premand,Laura B. Rawlings,Christel M. J. Vermeersch
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464807800

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Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition by Paul J. Gertler,Sebastian Martinez,Patrick Premand,Laura B. Rawlings,Christel M. J. Vermeersch Pdf

The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers and development practitioners. First published in 2011, it has been used widely across the development and academic communities. The book incorporates real-world examples to present practical guidelines for designing and implementing impact evaluations. Readers will gain an understanding of impact evaluations and the best ways to use them to design evidence-based policies and programs. The updated version covers the newest techniques for evaluating programs and includes state-of-the-art implementation advice, as well as an expanded set of examples and case studies that draw on recent development challenges. It also includes new material on research ethics and partnerships to conduct impact evaluation. The handbook is divided into four sections: Part One discusses what to evaluate and why; Part Two presents the main impact evaluation methods; Part Three addresses how to manage impact evaluations; Part Four reviews impact evaluation sampling and data collection. Case studies illustrate different applications of impact evaluations. The book links to complementary instructional material available online, including an applied case as well as questions and answers. The updated second edition will be a valuable resource for the international development community, universities, and policy makers looking to build better evidence around what works in development.

Author : Joseph J. Valadez,Michael Bamberger
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173001402605

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Monitoring and Evaluating Social Programs in Developing Countries by Joseph J. Valadez,Michael Bamberger Pdf

Project sustainability has received considerable attention in recent years. The increased awareness stems from a growing concern with social development issues such as poverty reduction, project sustainability, the equal participation of women, and the social costs of economic development. This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the wide range of techniques available for monitoring and evaluating the main kinds of social development programs. The authors highlight or review a number of topics that have been overlooked in earlier evaluation publications, such as: -The organization of monitoring and evaluation at the project, sectoral, and national levels -The management of the databases required to elect, design, and implement new social projects and programs -The monitoring and evaluation of project sustainability -Simple and cost-effective methods of estimating project impact. The authors also discuss methods for identifying potential beneficiaries and their information needs and ways of managing evaluations.

Author : Peter Henry Rossi,Walter Williams
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015052069484

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Evaluating Social Programs by Peter Henry Rossi,Walter Williams Pdf

Author : Charles F. Manski,Irwin Garfinkel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674270177

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Evaluating Welfare and Training Programs by Charles F. Manski,Irwin Garfinkel Pdf

Almost everyone would like to see the enactment of sound, practical measures to help disadvantaged people get off welfare and find jobs at decent wages, and over the past quarter-century federal and state governments have struggled to develop just such programs. How do we know whether they are having the hoped-for effect? How do we know whether these vast outlays of money are helping the people they are designed to reach? All welfare and training programs have been subject to professional evaluations, including social experiments and demonstrations designed to test new ideas. This book reviews what we have discovered from past assessments and suggests how welfare and training programs should be planned for the 1990s. The authors of this volume, each a recognized expert in the evaluation of social programs, do more than summarize what we have learned so far. They clarify why the issue of the proper conduct and interpretation of evaluations has itself been a subject of continuing controversy. In part, the problem is organizational, requiring the integrated efforts of social scientists, public officials, and the professionals who execute evaluations. In addition, there is a dispute about scientific method: should evaluators try to understand the complex social processes that make programs succeed (or fail), or should they focus on inputs and outputs, treating the programs themselves as "black boxes" whose machinery remains hidden? Evaluating Welfare and Training Programs will be important for policy researchers and evaluation professionals, social scientists concerned with evaluation methods, public officials working in social policy, and students of public policy, economics, and social work.

Author : Abt Associates
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015006465051

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The Evaluation of Social Programs by Abt Associates Pdf

"Evaluation has rapidly developed into an exciting inter-disciplinary academic and applied research field. Indications are that this specialty will continue to expand and become more rigorous and demanding. Vast numbers of fields (and different methodologies) are using evaluation research techniques now. Yet, relatively little attention has been paid to the consequences of systematic evaluation practice-particularly as it affects the development (and, in some cases, continued existence) of numerous social programs. The Evaluation of Social Programs addresses these questions. It is a unique book-offering up-to-date views of experts drawn from government, universities, charitable foundations, and independent research organizations who are leading practitioners or consumers of social programs research" -- Dust jacket.

Author : James C. McDavid,Irene Huse,Laura R. L. Hawthorn
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 835 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452289595

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Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement by James C. McDavid,Irene Huse,Laura R. L. Hawthorn Pdf

Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice, Second Edition offers an accessible, practical introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations, and has been extensively updated since the first edition. Using examples, it covers topics in a detailed fashion, making it a useful guide for students as well as practitioners who are participating in program evaluations or constructing and implementing performance measurement systems. Authors James C. McDavid, Irene Huse, and Laura R. L. Hawthorn guide readers through conducting quantitative and qualitative program evaluations, needs assessments, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses, as well as constructing, implementing and using performance measurement systems. The importance of professional judgment is highlighted throughout the book as an intrinsic feature of evaluation practice.

Author : Richard M. Grinnell,Peter Gabor (Sociologist),Yvonne A. Unrau
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Human services
ISBN : 9780190227302

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Program Evaluation for Social Workers by Richard M. Grinnell,Peter Gabor (Sociologist),Yvonne A. Unrau Pdf

Revised editon of Program evaluation for social workers, 2012.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309171342

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Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs Pdf

Reform of welfare is one of the nation's most contentious issues, with debate often driven more by politics than by facts and careful analysis. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition identifies the key policy questions for measuring whether our changing social welfare programs are working, reviews the available studies and research, and recommends the most effective ways to answer those questions. This book discusses the development of welfare policy, including the landmark 1996 federal law that devolved most of the responsibility for welfare policies and their implementation to the states. A thorough analysis of the available research leads to the identification of gaps in what is currently known about the effects of welfare reform. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition specifies what-and why-we need to know about the response of individual states to the federal overhaul of welfare and the effects of the many changes in the nation's welfare laws, policies, and practices. With a clear approach to a variety of issues, Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition will be important to policy makers, welfare administrators, researchers, journalists, and advocates on all sides of the issue.

Author : Kravis Leadership Institute
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780787974527

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Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations by Kravis Leadership Institute Pdf

Well-grounded in theory, research, and practice, ImprovingLeadership in Nonprofit Organizations is a comprehensiveresource that goes beyond traditional nonprofit management theoryto offer the latest in cutting-edge thought on leadership fornonprofit organizations. The book offers a wealth of new directionsand ideas for leadership and features chapters written by suchwell-known experts as Frances Hesselbein, Stephen Dobbs, FlorenceGreen, and Jay Conger. Improving Leadership in NonprofitOrganizations discusses the most compelling leadershipchallenges and issues for nonprofit organizations and Shows that transformational leaders of nonprofits lead moreeffective organizations Includes a comparison of highly functioning for-profit boardswith boards of nonprofit organizations Provides an analysis of dysfunctional boards Discusses for-profit "organizations of hope" that provideimportant leadership for social change and responsibility Suggests strategies for managing and motivating a volunteerworkforce Presents a model for leading nonprofit projects Offers a valuable model for program evaluation in nonprofitorganizations Considers the ongoing development of nonprofit leaders Includes strategies to develop leadership capacity

Author : Carol H. Weiss
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105042757919

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Evaluating Action Programs by Carol H. Weiss Pdf