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020			_a9781108799096
040			_bEnglish _cMSULIB _erda
050	0	0	_aHV11 RUB
100	1		_aRubin, Allen _eauthor
245	1	0	_aProgram evaluation : _bpragmatic methods for social work and human service agencies / _ccreated by Allen Rubin
264		1	_bCambridge University Press, _c2020
300			_axxi, 245 pages : _billustrations (colored) ; _c26 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_aPart I. Introduction: 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Ethical and cultural issues in program evaluation; Part II. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods for Formative and Process Evaluations: 3. Needs assessment; 4. Survey methods for program planning and monitoring; Part III. Evaluating Outcome in Service-Orientated Agencies: 5. Selecting and measuring outcome objectives; 6. Inference and logic in pragmatic outcome evaluation: don't let the perfect become the enemy of good; 7. Feasible outcome evaluation designs; 8. Single-case designs for evaluating programs and practice; 9. Practical and political pitfalls in outcome evaluations; Part IV. Analyzing and Presenting Data: 10. Analyzing and presenting data from formative and process evaluations; 11. Anaylzing data from outcome evaluations; 12. Writing and disseminating evaluation reports; Epilogue. More tips for becoming a successful evaluator.
520			_a"During the nearly half a century that I have been teaching courses on program evaluation I have not found a textbook that fit my course as well as I preferred. The main problem has been that some books cover too much research methods content that duplicates what students learn in their research methods courses, while other books don't have enough of that content. The problem is understandable, because program evaluation is carried out using research methods. Another reason why I have been dissatisfied with the books with heavy doses of research content is that so much of that content is pitched to wellfunded evaluations of national and international projects for which program evaluation is a key component of the program from its outset. Very sophisticated research designs are not only feasible in such projects, they are expected. Program evaluation in local social and human service agencies - where most of my students begin their careers - is unlike program evaluation in those projects in several important ways"
650		0	_aSocial service
650		0	_aEvaluation research (action programs)
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