| Description |
318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Perspectives on Data Collection in Evaluations - Leigh Burstein and Howard E Freeman -- Part One: Data Sensitivities -- Data Collection Strategies in the Minneapolis Domestic Assault Experiment - Richard A Berk and Lawrence W Sherman -- Observer Studies - Lee Sechrest -- Data Collection by Remote Control -- Data Collection Issues in the Evaluation of the Effect of Television Violence on Elementary School Children - Ronald C Kessler et al -- Part Two: Mounting Large-Scale Field Studies -- A Tale of Two Surveys - Ronald M Anderson, Lu Ann Aday, and Gretchen Voorhis Fleming -- Lessons from the Best and Worst of Times in Program Evaluation -- Field Sampling Problems in Data Collection for Evaluating Research - Sandra H Berry -- Measuring Unfiled Claims in the Health Insurance Experiment - William H Rogers and Joseph P Newhouse -- Issues of Data Collection in Assessing Programs Involving Crime Reduction - Charles Mallar and Irving Piliavin -- The Job Corps and Supported Work Evaluations -- Some Failures in Designing Data Collection That Distort Results - Albert J Reiss Jr -- Part Three: Use Of Record Information -- Program Evaluation and the Use of Extant Data - Eleanor Chelimsky -- Identification of Treatment Conditions Using Standard Record-Keeping Systems - J Ward Keesling -- Using Longitudinal Earnings Data from Social Security Records to Evaluate Job-Training Programs - Howard S Bloom -- An Information System for Planning and Evaluating Geriatric Care - George L Maddox -- The Duke Older Americans Resources and Services Program -- From Science to Technology - William D Neigher and Daniel B Fishman -- Reducing Problems in Mental Health Evaluation by Paradigm Shift -- Reprise -- Data Quality Issues in Evaluation Research - Peter H Rossi -- Summary Comments |
| Analysis |
Social planning Assessment |
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Social planning Evaluation |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
| Subject |
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
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Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- United States.
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Social sciences -- Methodology.
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Data Collection.
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Social Sciences -- methods.
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| Genre/Form |
Evaluation Studies.
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| Author |
Burstein, Leigh.
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Freeman, Howard E.
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Rossi, Peter H. (Peter Henry), 1921-2006.
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| LC no. |
85001848 |
| ISBN |
0803924496 |
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