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ISBN-10 :  0190885394 

ISBN-13 :  9780190885397

Author: Lori L Bakken 

Evaluation Practice for Collaborative Growth highlights the approaches, tools, and techniques that are most useful for evaluating educational and social service programs. This book walks the reader through a process of creating answerable evaluations questions, designing evaluation studies to answer those questions, and analyzing, interpreting, and reporting the evaluation’s findings so they are useful and meaningful for key stakeholders. The text concludes with a chapter devoted to the shifting landscape of evaluation practice as it faces complex systems and issues that are shaped by society. Additionally, the author provides a list of knowledge and skills needed to adapt to a changing landscape and encourages organizations to use evaluation as a mechanism for learning and adapting to change. Her orientation toward community-based approaches and social justice prevail throughout the book’s content and align well with a reader’s desire to be inclusive and accountable in programing efforts. Nonprofit leaders, social science professionals, and students will find this book helpful for understanding basic program evaluation concepts, methods, and strategies.

Evaluation Practice for Collaborative Growth: A Guide to Program Evaluation with Stakeholders and Communities 1st Table of contents:

Part One: Prepare
1. Thinking Like an Evaluator
Purchasing a Car: An Example of Evaluation in Everyday Life
Major Components of an Evaluation Process
Program Planning and Evaluation
Summary
References
2. Acquiring Requisite Knowledge and Skills
Roles of Evaluators
Evaluation Standards
Ethics and Human Subjects Protections
Evaluation Competencies
Communication and Negotiation
Building Partnerships and Capacity for Evaluation
Effective Partnerships and Collaborations
Inclusive Practice in Evaluation
Summary
References
3. Choosing an Evaluation Approach
Philosophical Perspectives that Influence Evaluation
Expertise-oriented Approaches
Consumer-oriented Approaches
Program-oriented Approaches
Decision-oriented Approaches
Participant-oriented Approaches
Systems Approaches
Approaches and the Evaluation Tree
Matching Approaches with Evaluation Questions
Examples of Integrated Approaches to Evaluation
Summary
References
4. Planning a Program Evaluation
Understanding the Evaluation’s Context
Identifying and Engaging Stakeholders
A Program’s Purpose, Goals, and Activities
Using Theory to Focus an Evaluation
Evaluability Assessment
An Evaluation’s Purpose and Use
Evaluation Questions
Evaluation Proposals and Contracts
Summary
References
Part Two: Design
5. Designing a Program Evaluation
Qualitative Designs
Case Study Designs
Quantitative Designs
Study Designs for Evaluating Contribution
Threats to Internal and External Validity in Quantitative Studies
Mixed Methods Designs
Complexity in Study Designs
Summary
References
6. Choosing Samples, Sampling Methods, and Data Sources
Data Sources and Units of Analysis
Sample Size, Selection, and Strategies
Defining Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Your Sample
Sampling Bias
Sample Size
Sampling Considerations in Relation to Study Designs
Strategies for Participant Recruitment and Retention
Ethical Practice
Sampling and Data Collection Plans and Protocols
Summary
References
Part Three: Conduct
7. Collecting, Storing, and Tracking Information
What and Who Defines Credible Evidence?
Survey Design and Development
Psychometric Tests
Interviews and Focus Groups
Observations and Video-recordings
Checklists and Rubrics
Maps and Drawings
Photographs
Existing Sources
Capturing Accurate and Reliable Information
Designing Databases for Electronic Storage
Tracking Information
Summary
References
8. Analyzing and Interpreting Quantitative Data
Cleaning Data and Handling Missing Data
Matching Statistics to Quantitative Study Designs
Variables, Constants, and Levels of Measurement
Descriptive Statistics
Simple Plots
Statistical Assumptions
Evaluation Hypotheses
Sample Size, Power, and Effect Size
Aligning Statistical Analyses with Analytical Designs
Multivariate Analyses
Statistical Tests for Multiple Dependent Variables
Nonparametric Statistics
Reporting Statistics and Statistical Analysis
Working with Statisticians and Building Your Own Capacity
Summary
References
9. Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Data
Qualitative Thinking
Methodological Approaches and Analytical Strategies
Qualitative Approaches and How They Influence an Analysis
Ethical Issues in Qualitative Analysis
Preparing for the Analytical Process
Qualitative Analysis
Managing Data in Qualitative Analysis
Summarizing, Organizing, and Describing Qualitative Information
Summary
References
Part Four: Report and Prepare Again
10. Reporting and Disseminating Findings
Written Evaluation Reports
Brief Written Reports
Oral Presentations
Storytelling
Electronic and Social Media
Acting
Publications in Professional Journals
Summary
References
11. Preparing for Complexity in Evaluation
From Program Theory to Systems Theory
Simple, Complicated, and Complex Situations and Problems
Static, Dynamic, and Dynamical Change
Realistic Evaluation for Complicated Situations and Dynamic Change
Systems Thinking and Complexity
Developmental Evaluation

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