Description |
x, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Ethics and evaluation -- The entry/contracting stage -- Scenario 1: the coordination project -- Commentary: consumers, culture, and validity / Karen E. Kirkhart -- Commentary: whose evaluation is it, anyway? / David M. Chavis -- What if ...? -- Final thoughts: the coordination project -- Scenario 2: just say no? -- Questions to consider -- Designing the evaluation -- Scenario 1: the damp parade? -- Commentary: everybody talks asbout the weather / Melvin M. Mark -- Commentary: no rain today / Gail V. Barrington -- What if ...? -- Final thoughts: the damp parade -- Scenario 2: what's under the rock? -- Questions to consider -- Data collection -- Scenario 1: the folder -- Commentary: hold em or fold(er) em? : what's an evaluator to do? -- Michael hendricks -- Commentary: centering the folder / sarita davis -- What if ...? -- Final thoughts: the folder -- Scenario 2: hideout -- Questions to consider -- Data analysis and interpretation -- Scenario 1: knock, knock, whats there? -- Commentary: what' s there : confidence or competence? / Leslie J. Cooksy -- Commentary: interpreting effects / William R. Shadish -- What if ...? -- Final thoughts : knock, knock, whats there? -- Scenario 2: things happen -- Questions to consider -- Communication of results -- Scenario 1: mainstream -- Commentary: mainstreaming process evaluation : ethical issues in reporting -- Interim results / Mary Ann Scheirer -- Commentary: reporting bad news : challenges and opportunities in an ethical dilemma / Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar and LucĂa Orellana-Damacela -- What if ...? -- Final thoughts : mainstream -- Scenario 2: whose voices? -- Questions to consider -- Utilization of results -- Scenario 1: nightly news -- Commentary: fixing the spin on evaluation / Laura C. Leviton -- Commentary: from substance abuse to evaluation misuse : is there a way out? / Sharon F. Rallis -- What if ...? -- Final thoughts: nightly news -- Scenario 2: is my job done yet? -- Questions to consider -- Lessons learned |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Author |
Morris, Michael, 1949-
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LC no. |
2007027511 |
ISBN |
9781593855703 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1593855702 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781593855697 paperback |
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1593855699 paperback |
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