Program Evaluation for Social Workers
Foundations of Evidence-Based Programs
6th Edition
Published on 8. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-19-985905-4 (ISBN)
Description
Now in its sixth edition, this popular student-friendly introduction to program evaluation provides social workers with a sound conceptual understanding of how to use basic evaluation techniques in the evaluation of their cases (case-level) and programs (program-level). Eminently approachable, straightforward, and practical, this edition includes the fundamental tools that are needed in order for social workers to fully appreciate and understand how case- and program-level evaluations will help them to increase their effectiveness as contemporary data-driven practitioners.
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Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
MSW students for the required research and evaluation sequence.
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
8 boxes
59 line-cuts, 23 tables, and 8 boxes
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
886 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-985905-4 (9780199859054)
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Previous edition
Richard M. Grinnell | Peter A. Gabor | Yvonne A. Unrau
Program Evaluation for Social Workers
Foundations of Evidence-Based Programs
Book
05/2009
5th Edition
Oxford University Press Inc
€55.71
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Persons
Richard M. Grinnell, Jr. is Professor and holds the Clair and Clarice Platt Jones/Helen Frays Endowed Chair of Social Work Research within the School of Social Work at Western Michigan University. Peter A. Gabor is a Professor within the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. Yvonne A. Unrau is Professor within the School of Social Work at Western Michigan University.
Content
Preface for Students ; Preface for Instructors ; Part I: Preparing for Evaluations ; 1. Towards Accountability ; 2. The Evaluation Process ; 3. The Program ; 4. Ethics ; 5. Cultural Competence ; Part II: Doing Evaluations ; 6. Needs Assessments ; 7. Process Evaluations ; 8. Outcome Evaluations ; 9. Efficiency Evaluations ; Part III: Evaluation Toolkit ; 10. Evaluation Designs ; 11. Measurement ; 12. Measuring Instruments ; 13. Data Sources, Sampling, and Data Collection ; Part IV: Making Decisions with Data ; 14. Data Information Systems ; 15. Making Decisions ; Glossary ; References ; Credits ; Index