| Description |
1 online resource (xl, 864 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Essential texts for nonprofit and public leadership and management |
| Contents |
Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Exhibits -- Figures -- Tables -- Exhibits -- Preface -- Intended Audience -- Scope -- Need for Program Evaluation -- Handbook Organization -- Acknowledgments -- The Editors -- The Contributors -- PART ONE Evaluation Planning and Design -- The Chapters -- CHAPTER ONE PLANNING AND DESIGNING USEFUL EVALUATIONS -- Matching the Evaluation Approach to Information Needs -- Select Programs to Evaluate -- Select the Type of Evaluation -- Identify Contextual Elements That May Affect Evaluation Conduct and Use |
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Produce the Methodological Rigor Needed to Support Credible Findings -- Choose Appropriate Measures -- Choose Reliable Ways to Obtain the Chosen Measures -- Supporting Causal Inferences -- Internal Validity -- Generalizability -- Statistical Conclusion Validity -- Reporting -- Planning a Responsive and Useful Evaluation -- Planning Evaluation Processes -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Using Evaluation Information -- Glossary -- References -- CHAPTER TWO ANALYZING AND ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS -- Understanding Who Is a Stakeholder-Especially a Key Stakeholder |
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Identifying and Working with Primary Intended Users -- 1. Develop Facilitation Skills -- 2. Find and Train Evaluation Information Users -- 3. Find Tipping Point Connectors -- 4. Facilitate High-Quality Interactions -- 5. Nurture Interest in Evaluation -- 6. Demonstrate Cultural Sensitivity and Competence -- 7. Anticipate Turnover of Intended Users -- Using Stakeholder Identification and Analysis Techniques -- Conducting Basic Stakeholder Identification and Analysis -- Choosing Evaluation Stakeholder Analysis Participants -- Creating a Purpose Network Diagram -- Dealing with Power Differentials |
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Power Versus Interest Grid -- Stakeholder Influence Diagram -- Bases of Power-Directions of Interest Diagram -- Determining the Evaluations Purpose and Goals -- Engaging Stakeholders -- Meeting the Challenges of Turbulent and Uncertain Environments -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER THREE USING LOGIC MODELS -- What Is a Logic Model? -- The Utility of Logic Models -- Theory-Driven Evaluation -- Building the Logic Model -- Stage 1: Collecting the Relevant Information -- Stage 2: Clearly Defining the Problem and Its Context |
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Stage 3: Defining the Elements of the Program in a Table: Early Sense Making -- Stage 4: Drawing the Logic Model to Reveal the Programs Theory of Change -- Stage 5: Verifying the Program Logic Model with Stakeholders -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER FOUR EXPLORATORY EVALUATION -- Evaluability Assessment Assesses a Programs Readiness for Evaluation -- The Evaluability Assessment Process -- Issues, Problems, and Potential Solutions -- Significance -- Rapid Feedback Evaluation Produces Tested Evaluation Designs -- The Rapid Feedback Evaluation Process |
| Summary |
The leading program evaluation reference, updated with the latest tools and techniques. The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation provides tools for managers and evaluators to address questions about the performance of public and nonprofit programs. Neatly integrating authoritative, high-level information with practicality and readability, this guide gives you the tools and processes you need to analyze your program's operations and outcomes more accurately. This new fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and revised, with new coverage of the latest evaluation methods, including: -Culturally responsive evaluation -Adopting designs and tools to evaluate multi-service community change programs -Using role playing to collect data -Using cognitive interviewing to pre-test surveys -Coding qualitative data You'll discover robust analysis methods that produce a more accurate picture of program results, and learn how to trace causality back to the source to see how much of the outcome can be directly attributed to the program. Written by award-winning experts at the top of the field, this book also contains contributions from the leading evaluation authorities among academics and practitioners to provide the most comprehensive, up-to-date reference on the topic. Valid and reliable data constitute the bedrock of accurate analysis, and since funding relies more heavily on program analysis than ever before, you cannot afford to rely on weak or outdated methods. This book gives you expert insight and leading edge tools that help you paint a more accurate picture of your program's processes and results, including: -Obtaining valid, reliable, and credible performance data -Engaging and working with stakeholders to design valuable evaluations and performance monitoring systems -Assessing program outcomes and tracing desired outcomes to program activities -Providing robust analyses of both quantitative and qualitative data Governmental bodies, foundations, individual donors, and other funding bodies are increasingly demanding information on the use of program funds and program results. The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation shows you how to collect and present valid and reliable data about programs |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Policy sciences.
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Political planning -- Evaluation
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Program Evaluation
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Nonprofit Organizations & Charities.
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Policy sciences
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Political planning -- Evaluation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Newcomer, Kathryn E., 1949- editor
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Hatry, Harry P., editor
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Wholey, Joseph S., editor
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| LC no. |
2015011988 |
| ISBN |
9781118893616 |
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1118893611 |
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9781118893692 |
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1118893697 |
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1118893603 |
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9781118893609 |
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