Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation, 2nd Edition,9780787967130

Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation, 2nd Edition

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780787967130
ISBN10: 0787967130
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-06-01
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary

The second edition of Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation offers managers, analysts, consultants, and educators in government, nonprofit, and private institutions a valuable resource that outlines efficient and economical methods for assessing program results and identifying ways to improve program performance. The Handbook has been thoroughly revised. Many new chapters have been prepared for this edition, including chapters on logic modeling and on evaluation applications for small nonprofit organizations. The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation is a comprehensive resource on evaluation, covering both in-depth program evaluations and performance monitoring. It presents evaluation methods that will be useful at all levels of government and in nonprofit organizations.

Author Biography

Joseph S. Wholey is a professor of public administration at the University of Southern California.

Harry P. Hatry is a principal research associate and director of the Public Management Program at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C.

Kathryn E. Newcomer is director of the School of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University.

Table of Contents

Figures, Tables, and Exhibits
xi
Preface xvii
The Editors xix
The Contributors xxiii
Meeting the Need for Practical Evaluation Approaches: An Introduction xxxiii
Kathryn E. Newcomer
Harry P. Hatry
Joseph S. Wholey
Part One: Designing Performance Monitoring Systems and Evaluation Studies
1(204)
Using Logic Models
7(26)
John A. McLaughlin
Gretchen B. Jordan
Evaluability Assessment
33(30)
Joseph S. Wholey
Implementation Evaluation
63(35)
Arnold Love
Performance Monitoring
98(28)
Theodore H. Poister
Quasi-Experimentation
126(24)
Charles S. Reichardt
Melvin M. Mark
Using Randomized Experiments
150(26)
Robert G. St. Pierre
Meta-Analysis, Systematic Reviews, and Research Syntheses
176(29)
Robert F. Boruch
Anthony Petrosino
Part Two: Practical Data Collection Procedures
205(208)
Trained Observer Ratings
211(46)
John M. Greiner
Using Surveys
257(35)
Kathryn E. Newcomer
Timothy Triplett
Using Expert Judgment
292(18)
Harvey A. Averch
Role Playing
310(30)
Margery Austin Turner
Wendy Zimmermann
Using Focus Groups
340(23)
Robert Goldenkoff
Collecting Data in the Field
363(33)
Demetra Smith Nightingale
Shelli Balter Rossman
Using Agency Records
396(17)
Harry P. Hatry
Part Three: Analyzing Evaluation Data
413(130)
Qualitative Data Analysis
417(22)
Sharon L. Caudle
Using Statistics in Evaluation
439(40)
Kathryn E. Newcomer
Philip W. Wirtz
Using Regression Analysis
479(27)
Dale E. Berger
Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis
506(37)
James Edwin Kee
Part Four: Getting Evaluation Results Used
543(142)
Pitfalls of Evaluation
547(24)
Harry P. Hatry
Kathryn E. Newcomer
Managing Evaluation Projects
571(33)
James B. Bell
Writing for Impact
604(24)
George F. Grob
Using Organizational Report Cards
628(21)
William T. Gormley Jr.
The Use of Evaluation by Nonprofit Organizations
649(21)
Mary E. Kopczynski
Kathleen Pritchard
Other Issues and Trends in Evaluation
670(15)
Harry P. Hatry
Joseph S. Wholey
Kathryn E. Newcomer
Name Index 685(8)
Subject Index 693

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