Evaluating social programs and problems visions for the new millennium

Today's evaluators are being challenged to help design and evaluate social programs intended to prevent and ameliorate complex social problems in a variety of settings, including schools, communities, and not-for-profit and for-profit organizations. Drawing upon the knowledge and experience of...

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Autor principal: Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology (-)
Autor Corporativo: Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology Corporate Author (corporate author)
Otros Autores: Donaldson, Stewart I. (Stewart Ian) (-), Scriven, Michael
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum 2003.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology Series
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; I INTRODUCTION; 1 Diverse Visions for Evaluation in the New Millennium: Should We Integrate or Embrace Diversity?; II VISIONS FOR EVALUATING SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND PROBLEMS; 2 Evaluation in the New Millennium: The Transdisciplinary Vision; 3 Improving Performance and Accountability: Responding to Emerging Management Challenges; 4 Empowerment Evaluation Strikes a Responsive Cord; 5 Fourth Generation Evaluation in the New Millennium; 6 The Inclusive View of Evaluation: Visions for the New Millennium
  • 7 Theory-Driven Program Evaluation in the New MillenniumIII REACTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE VISIONS; 8 Theory-Driven Evaluation and Construct Validity; 9 EVALUATING SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND PROBLEMS: A DISCUSSANT'S VIEW; 10 Examining the Role of Cultural Competency in Program Evaluation: Visions for New Millennium Evaluators; 11 Toward an Integrative View of the Theory and Practice of Program and Policy Evaluation; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX