| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 320 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: The Essence of Outcome Evaluation -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Types of Human Service Evaluation -- Outcome Evaluation -- Other Types of Human Service Evaluation -- The Evaluation of Human Need -- The Evaluation of Service Quantity -- The Evaluation of Service Quality -- The Evaluation of Service Efficiency -- The Four Main Purposes of Human Service Research -- The Evaluation of Services -- The Description of People -- The Explanation of Things -- The Exploration of the Unknown -- The Process of Outcome Evaluation |
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Step 1: Determine the Research Question and Study Purpose -- Step 2: Develop a Knowledge Base for the Study -- Step 3: Design the Evaluative Study -- Step 4: Collect and Analyze Data -- Step 5: Draw Conclusions -- Step 6: Describe the Service that Was Evaluated -- Don't Put the Cart Before the Horse! -- Evidence-Based Practice as a Guide -- This Book -- The Organization of This Book -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Developing Your Knowledge Base -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Steps in the Process of Developing Your Knowledge Base -- Step 1: Presenting the Scope of Your Review |
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Step 2: Finding Your Sources -- Step 3: Reviewing Your Sources -- Levels of Evidence -- Step 4: Writing Your Literature Review -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Developing the Methods for Your Outcome Study -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Selecting Your Study Sample and Generalizing Your Study Findings -- Types of Samples -- Sampling Error -- Two Ways to Generalize Your Study Results -- Measuring Your Study Variables -- Defining Your Study Variables -- Qualitative and Quantitative Forms of Measurement -- Reliability and Validity in the Measurement of Psychosocial Variables |
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Finding a Published Scale -- Designing Your Own Measurement Scale -- Defining the Variables You Are Measuring -- Constructing the Items for the Measurement Device -- Determining Your Research Design -- Causes of the Clients' Measured Growth -- Group Research Designs -- One Group Pretest-Posttest Design -- Comparison Group Design -- Single-Subject Research Designs -- Single-Subject Research Designs that Fail to Control for Maturation -- The Limited AB Single-Subject Design -- The B Single-Subject Design -- Single-Subject Research Designs that Control for Maturation |
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The AB Single-Subject Research Design -- Composing Your Study Hypothesis -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Collecting and Analyzing Your Data -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Collecting Data -- Collecting Data from Human Subjects in an Ethical Manner -- Recording Your Data -- Developing Your Data Plan -- Selecting the Statistic for Your Outcome Study -- Preliminary Steps for Testing Your Study Hypothesis -- The Six Data Situations for Outcome Research -- Data Situations that Do Not Fit -- Selecting a Statistic for Describing Clients |
| Summary |
This all-in-one text assists human service practitioners, and the students of human service educational programs, in the evaluation of their practice with their clients. It takes readers through the entire research process, step by step, starting with the literature review on the nature of the behavior being served, to the development of their study methods, to the statistical analysis of data using the internet and, finally, to the drawing of conclusions based on the outcome study that was conducted. When readers complete this book, they will be prepared to conduct an outcome evaluation study and to present a report to their agencies or instructors. Key distinctions of this text include: guides for analysis of data using Excel, the internet or SPSS for statistical analysis of data; the separation of content into basic concepts and intermediate concepts for use in beginning and intermediate courses in human service research methods; an instructor's manual that offers outlines, lists, and test questions additional to those in the text; a student workbook with practice assignments for use in courses as well as a set of checklists that serve as a guide for various tasks in the research process; and objectives, summaries, and tests in all chapters. Evaluating Human Service Outcomes could be used as the basic text for a beginning course in human service research in educational programs in social work, counseling, and psychology where a major goal is to complete a research study. It could also be used as a supplemental text for advanced research courses that include the analysis of data. The text also should be of interest to human service practitioners who are working in programs funded by grants that require outcome evaluation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 02, 2022) |
| Subject |
Human services.
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social services.
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Human services
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031101755 |
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3031101758 |
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