| Description |
viii, 216 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Understanding Evaluation -- 2. Quantity and Quality: Paradigmatic Choices in Evaluation Methodology -- 3. Methods of Data Collection -- 4. Evaluating Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention Programmes -- 5. Evaluating Health Care -- 6. Evaluating Schools: Inspection as Evaluation -- 7. Evaluation Utilization |
| Summary |
"Evaluation Research introduces the reader to the fundamental principles of evaluation by demonstrating how a wide variety of social research methods can be applied in different evaluation contexts in imaginative and creative ways. Using examples from diverse evaluation settings, the strengths and weaknesses of the methods are also explained." "Evaluation Research is designed to enable social science students and professional researchers to undertake thoughtful and effective evaluation studies, especially in the fields of criminology, health and education. It will provide an ideal introduction for both undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in social research methods and applied social science."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
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Program Evaluation.
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| Author |
Dawson, Ruth.
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| LC no. |
00269181 |
| ISBN |
076195094X : |
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0761950958 paperback |
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