Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation
2nd Edition
Published on 2. June 2004
Book
Mixed media product
768 pages
978-0-7879-6713-0 (ISBN)
Description
The second edition of "Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation" offers managers, analysts, consultants, and educators in government, nonprofit, and private institutions a valuable resource that outlines efficient and economical methods for assessing program results and identifying ways to improve program performance. The Handbook has been thoroughly revised. Many new chapters have been prepared for this edition, including chapters on logic modeling and on evaluation applications for small nonprofit organizations. The "Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation" is a comprehensive resource on evaluation, covering both in-depth program evaluations and performance monitoring. It presents evaluation methods that will be useful at all levels of government and in nonprofit organizations.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 187 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Weight
1366 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-6713-0 (9780787967130)
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Joseph S. Wholey | Harry P. Hatry | Kathryn E. Newcomer
Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation
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09/2010
2nd Edition
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Persons
Joseph S. Wholey is a professor of public administration at the University of Southern California. Harry P. Hatry is a principal research associate and director of the Public Management Program at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. Kathryn E. Newcomer is director of the School of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University.
Content
Figures, Tables, and Exhibits.Preface.The Editors.The Contributors.Meeting the Need for Practical Evaluation Approaches: An Introduction (Kathryn E. Newcomer, Harry P. Hatry, Joseph S. Wholey).Part One: Designing Performance Monitoring Systems and Evaluation Studies.1. Using Logic Models (John A. McLaughlin, Gretchen B. Jordan).2. Evaluability Assessment (Joseph S. Wholey).3. Implementation Evaluation (Arnold Love).4. Performance Monitoring (Theodore H. Poister).5. Quasi-Experimentation (Charles S. Reichardt, Melvin M. Mark).6. Using Randomized Experiments (Robert G. St. Pierre).7. Meta-Analysis, Systematic Reviews, and Research Syntheses (Robert F. Boruch, Anthony Petrosino).Part Two: Practical Data Collection Procedures.8. Trained Observer Ratings (John M. Greiner).9. Using Surveys (Kathryn E. Newcomer, Timothy Triplett).10. Using Expert Judgment (Harvey A. Averch).11. Role Playing (Margery Austin Turner, Wendy Zimmermann).12. Using Focus Groups (Robert Goldenkoff).13. Collecting Data in the Field (Demetra Smith Nightingale, Shelli Balter Rossman).14. Using Agency Records (Harry P. Hatry).Part Three: Analyzing Evaluation Data.15. Qualitative Data Analysis (Sharon L. Caudle).16. Using Statistics in Evaluation (Kathryn E. Newcomer, Philip W. Wirtz).17. Using Regression Analysis (Dale E. Berger).18. Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis (James Edwin Kee).Part Four: Getting Evaluation Results Used.19. Pitfalls of Evaluation (Harry P. Hatry, Kathryn E. Newcomer).20. Managing Evaluation Projects (James B. Bell).21. Writing for Impact (George F. Grob).22. Using Organizational Report Cards (William T. Gormley Jr.).23. The Use of Evaluation by Nonprofit Organizations (Mary E. Kopczynski, Kathleen Pritchard).24. Other Issues and Trends in Evaluation (Harry P. Hatry, Joseph S. Wholey, Kathryn E. Newcomer).Name Index.Subject Index.