Evaluation Methodology Basics: The Nuts and Bolts of Sound Evaluation provides a step-by-step guide for doing a real evaluation. It focuses on the main kinds of "big picture" questions that evaluators usually need to answer, and how the nature of such questions is linked to evaluation methodology choices. Jane Davidson explains how to combine a mix of qualitative and quantitative data with "relevant values" (such as needs) to draw explicitly evaluative conclusions. The book presents readers with useful rubrics and flowcharts that may be used during each stage of the evaluation. Many of the…mehr
Evaluation Methodology Basics: The Nuts and Bolts of Sound Evaluation provides a step-by-step guide for doing a real evaluation. It focuses on the main kinds of "big picture" questions that evaluators usually need to answer, and how the nature of such questions is linked to evaluation methodology choices. Jane Davidson explains how to combine a mix of qualitative and quantitative data with "relevant values" (such as needs) to draw explicitly evaluative conclusions. The book presents readers with useful rubrics and flowcharts that may be used during each stage of the evaluation. Many of the concepts presented in the chapters are illustrated with specific examples from a range of disciplines. This book introduces evaluation by focusing on the main kinds of `big picture' questions that evaluations usually need to answer, and how the nature of such questions are linked to evaluation methodology choices. The author: shows how to identify the right criteria for your evaluation; discusses how to objectively figure out which criteria are more important than the others; and, delves into how to combine a mix of qualitative and quantitative data with `relevant values' (such as needs) to draw explicitly evaluative conclusions.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
E. Jane Davidson is an internationally recognized evaluation specialist, best known for developing evaluation rubrics as a methodology for drawing conclusions about quality and value. She has also made significant contributions in the areas of causal inference for qualitative and mixed methods, and in synthesis methodologies for evaluation. Dr. Davidson is sought after internationally as a speaker and workshop presenter for her signature approach of methodologically robust but refreshingly practical evaluation with breathtaking clarity. She has presented keynotes and invited workshops in the US, Canada, the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Singapore, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. She is former Associate Director of the internationally recognized Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, where she launched and directed the world's first fully Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation. She was the 2019 recipient of the American Evaluation Association's prestigious Paul F. Lazarsfeld Evaluation Theory Award.
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What is Evaluation? Basic Definitions A Note About Fitting Evaluation Approach to Purpose The Steps Involved The Ingredients of a Good Evaluation Identifying the Evaluand Additional Readings Exercises Defining the Purpose of the Evaluation Evaluations for Determining Overall Quality or Value Evaluations for Finding Areas for Improvement Questions About Absolute vs. Relative Quality/Value Summary and Final Comments Additional Readings Exercises Identifying Evaluative Criteria Why Not Just Use Goals? Identifying Criteria: Basic Concepts and Tools Conducting a Needs Assessment Identifying Other Relevant Criteria Additional Readings Exercises Organizing the Criteria & Identifying Potential Sources of Evidence The Importance of Choosing Multiple Sources of Quality Evidence The Process Evaluation Checkpoint The Outcome Evaluation Checkpoint The Comparative Cost-Effectiveness Checkpoint The Exportability Checkpoint Additional Readings Exercises Dealing With the Causation Issue Certainty about causation Inferring causation: Basic principles Inferring causation: Seven strategies Choosing a blend of methods to address the causation issue Additional Readings Exercises "Values" in Evaluation The Controversy The Three Types of Subjectivity The Tensions Between Subjectivism and Common Sense Where do the "Values" in an Evaluation Come From? Additional Readings Exercises Determining Importance Determining Importance: What and Why Determining Importance: Six Strategies Additional Readings Exercises The Merit Determination Step Determining Merit: What and Why Using Rubrics for Determining "Absolute" Merit Using Rubrics for Determining "Relative" Merit Making practical use of merit determination rubrics Additional Readings Exercises Synthesis Methodology Synthesis: What and Why The Role of Costs and Comparisons in Synthesis Synthesizing for "Grading" Synthesizing for "Ranking" Additional Readings Exercises Putting it All Together The KEC Preliminary Checkpoints The KEC Foundations Checkpoints The KEC Subevaluations Checkpoints The KEC Conclusions Checkpoints Additional Readings Meta-Evaluation The five criteria for evaluating evaluations Key points to remember in meta-evaluation Other options for conducting a meta-evaluation Formative meta-evaluation Should I use meta-evaluation myself? Additional Readings Exercises Answers to Selected Exercises Sample Exam Questions Tips for students answering these exam questions The questions A rubric for grading assignment and exam answers Suggested answers to practice exam questions Glossary References
What is Evaluation? Basic Definitions A Note About Fitting Evaluation Approach to Purpose The Steps Involved The Ingredients of a Good Evaluation Identifying the Evaluand Additional Readings Exercises Defining the Purpose of the Evaluation Evaluations for Determining Overall Quality or Value Evaluations for Finding Areas for Improvement Questions About Absolute vs. Relative Quality/Value Summary and Final Comments Additional Readings Exercises Identifying Evaluative Criteria Why Not Just Use Goals? Identifying Criteria: Basic Concepts and Tools Conducting a Needs Assessment Identifying Other Relevant Criteria Additional Readings Exercises Organizing the Criteria & Identifying Potential Sources of Evidence The Importance of Choosing Multiple Sources of Quality Evidence The Process Evaluation Checkpoint The Outcome Evaluation Checkpoint The Comparative Cost-Effectiveness Checkpoint The Exportability Checkpoint Additional Readings Exercises Dealing With the Causation Issue Certainty about causation Inferring causation: Basic principles Inferring causation: Seven strategies Choosing a blend of methods to address the causation issue Additional Readings Exercises "Values" in Evaluation The Controversy The Three Types of Subjectivity The Tensions Between Subjectivism and Common Sense Where do the "Values" in an Evaluation Come From? Additional Readings Exercises Determining Importance Determining Importance: What and Why Determining Importance: Six Strategies Additional Readings Exercises The Merit Determination Step Determining Merit: What and Why Using Rubrics for Determining "Absolute" Merit Using Rubrics for Determining "Relative" Merit Making practical use of merit determination rubrics Additional Readings Exercises Synthesis Methodology Synthesis: What and Why The Role of Costs and Comparisons in Synthesis Synthesizing for "Grading" Synthesizing for "Ranking" Additional Readings Exercises Putting it All Together The KEC Preliminary Checkpoints The KEC Foundations Checkpoints The KEC Subevaluations Checkpoints The KEC Conclusions Checkpoints Additional Readings Meta-Evaluation The five criteria for evaluating evaluations Key points to remember in meta-evaluation Other options for conducting a meta-evaluation Formative meta-evaluation Should I use meta-evaluation myself? Additional Readings Exercises Answers to Selected Exercises Sample Exam Questions Tips for students answering these exam questions The questions A rubric for grading assignment and exam answers Suggested answers to practice exam questions Glossary References
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"Amidst the wash of methods books available to evaluators, Davidson's book provides powerful techniques for asking and answering the important foundational questions in any program evaluation." Doug Leigh
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