Program Evaluation

, by Royse, David D.; Thyer, Bruce A.

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ISBN: 9780830414154 | 0830414150
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 2/1/1996

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Preface

Introduction

(20)

What Is a Program?

(4)

Program Evaluation Defined

(1)

Reasons Why Programs Are Evaluated

(5)

Overcoming the Subjective Perspective

(6)

Chapter Recap

(3)

The Evaluation of Need: Needs Assessment

(30)

Planning Needs Assessments

(1)

Selecting a Needs Assessment Approach

(11)

Needs Assessment Illustration 1

(3)

Thinking Creatively about Needs Assessments

(1)

Needs Assessment Illustration 2

(3)

Final Thoughts

(7)

Qualitative Evaluation: Formative and Process Evaluation, Program Monitoring, and Quality Assurance

(34)

Formative Evaluation

(3)

Conducting a Formative Evaluation

(3)

Process Evaluation

(3)

Program Monitoring

(13)

Quality Assurance

(3)

Improving Quality---Recent Themes

(2)

Final Thoughts

(7)

Goal Attainment Scaling and Client Satisfaction Studies

(22)

Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS)

(1)

Case Example of Goal Attainment Scaling

(3)

GAS and Program Evaluation

(1)

Variations of Goal Attainment Scaling

(1)

Problems with Goal Attainment Scaling

(2)

Client Satisfaction Studies

(5)

The Hammond Model

(3)

Chapter Recap

102

(5)

Single System Research Designs

107

(24)

Selecting Outcome Measures

108

(2)

Conducting Needs Assessments

110

(4)

Formative Evaluation

114

(2)

Quality Assurance Studies

116

(1)

Evaluation Designs

117

(4)

Experimental Designs

121

(5)

Chapter Recap

126

(5)

Group Evaluation Designs

131

(30)

Starting an Outcome Evaluation

131

(3)

Outcome Evaluation Designs

134

(3)

Pre-Experimental Evaluation Designs

137

(4)

Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Evaluation Designs

141

(5)

Eliminating Alternative Explanations

146

(1)

Threats to Internal Validity

146

(3)

Protection Against Alternative Explanations

149

(1)

Experimental Designs

150

(5)

Chapter Recap

155

(6)

Cost Effectiveness and Cost Analysis Designs

161

(14)

Example of a Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

163

(2)

How to Do a Cost-Effectiveness Study

165

(2)

Other Methods of Cost Analysis

167

(3)

Final Thoughts on Cost Analysis

170

(5)

Measurement Tools and Strategies for Program Evaluation

175

(32)

What to Measure

177

(4)

Reliability

181

(7)

Validity

188

(2)

Locating Appropriate Instruments

190

(3)

When Reference Books Don't Provide the Instrument You Want

193

(2)

Constructing ``Good'' Evaluation Instruments

195

(12)

Illustrations of Instruments

207

(24)

Child Abuse Potential Inventory

208

(3)

Clinical Anxiety Scale

211

(2)

CES-D Scale

213

(2)

UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3)

215

(3)

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

218

(2)

Adult-Adolescent Parenting Scale

220

(2)

The Hope Scale

222

(2)

Child Sexual Behavior Inventory

224

(2)

Brief Symptom Inventory

226

(5)

Pragmatic and Political Considerations

231

(30)

Guidelines for Evaluation in Politically Charged Areas

235

(3)

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