Ch. 1. What is evaluation research? -- Ch. 2. The history of evaluation research -- Ch. 3. Traditional methods for monitoring and improving social work practice -- Ch. 4. An overview of single-system research -- Ch. 5. Single-system designs and data analysis -- Ch. 6. Today's program evaluations : some common issues -- Ch. 7. Needs assessments -- Ch. 8. Evaluations to improve programs -- Ch. 9. Outcome evaluations : an overview -- Ch. 10. Preexplanatory outcome evaluations -- Ch. 11. Explanatory outcome evaluations
Summary
"Evaluating Social Work Services and Programs 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."--BOOK JACKET
