Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications (Research Methods for the Social Sciences) - Hardcover

Stufflebeam, Daniel L.; Shinkfield, Anthony J.

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9780787977658: Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications (Research Methods for the Social Sciences)

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ISBN 10: 0787977659 ISBN 13: 9780787977658

Publisher: Jossey Bass, 2007

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Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications is designed for evaluators and students who need to develop a commanding knowledge of the evaluation field: its history, theory and standards, models and approaches, procedures, and inclusion of personnel as well as program evaluation. This important book shows how to choose from a growing array of program evaluation approaches.

In one comprehensive resource, the authors have compiled vital information from the evaluation literature and draw on a wide range of practical experiences. Using this book, evaluators will be able to identify, analyze, and judge 26 evaluation approaches. The authors also show how to discriminate between legitimate and illicit approaches based on application of the Joint Committee Program Evaluation Standards.

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“Stufflebeam and Shinkfield are renowned contributors to the field of evaluation. ... It would be difficult to come up with two names in evaluation with more credibility.. . . Evaluation Theory, Models, & Applications is a major contribution to the evaluation literature.... This text scores very high on both merit and worth. The text is high in quality and should serve both of its intended audiences well. The worth of the text is high because it has a combination of excellence and service addressing a need for well–done evaluations.”
—William Wiersma, Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, January, 2009

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Evaluation Theory, Models, & Applications

Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications is a comprehensive resource designed to help evaluators and students develop a commanding knowledge of the evaluation field: its history, theory and standards, models and approaches, procedures, and inclusion of personnel and program evaluation. This important book shows how to choose from the growing array of program evaluation approaches.

The authors have compiled vital information from the evaluation literature and draw on a wide range of practical experience. Using this book, evaluators will be able to identify, analyze, and judge 26 evaluation approaches and to apply the Joint Committee Program Evaluation Standards to discriminate between legitimate and illicit approaches.

Recognizing that no single evaluation approach is always best, the authors assist evaluators to select approaches that best fit a particular evaluation assignment. A case drawn from housing and community development illustrates the application of six noteworthy approaches: experimental design, case study, Stufflebeam′s CIPP Model, Scriven′s consumer–oriented evaluation, Stake′s responsive evaluation, and Patton′s utilization–focused evaluation.

Written for students and professionals, Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications is both a textbook and a handbook. Its chapters can be accessed and used selectively. It includes down–to–earth procedures, checklists, and illustrations of how to carry out a sequence of essential evaluation tasks; identify and assess evaluation opportunities; prepare an institution to support a projected evaluation; design, budget, and contract evaluations; collect, analyze, and synthesize information; and report and facilitate use of findings. The book also addresses and illustrates metaevaluation, the fundamental process by which evaluators hold themselves accountable for delivering evaluation services that are useful, practical, ethical, and technically sound.

Review exercises and group discussion questions reinforce readers′ understanding of the material.

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