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This timely, unique, and insightful book provides students and
practitioners with the tools and skills needed to evaluate social
and policy programs across a range of disciplines - from public
health to social work to education - enabling the allocation of
scarce human and financial resources to advance the health and
well-being of individuals and populations. The chapters are
organized according to the main tasks involved in conducting an
evaluation to produce unbiased evidence of program effectiveness,
quality and value. They include the methods for selecting and
justifying evaluation questions or hypotheses, designing
evaluations, sampling participants, selecting information sources,
and ensuring reliable and valid measurement. The final section of
the book is focused around managing and analyzing data and
transparently reporting the results in written and oral form. The
book also features international case studies throughout, covers
quantitative, qualitative and mixed method approaches, and is also
informed by new online methods developed during the Covid-19
pandemic. Among the book’s unique features is a focus on
international standards for conducting ethical evaluations and
avoiding research misconduct. Also featuring checklists, example
forms and summaries of the key ideas and topics, this very
practical book is essential reading for students in the social,
behavioral, and health sciences, and will be a key resource for
professionals in the field.
This timely, unique, and insightful book provides students and
practitioners with the tools and skills needed to evaluate social
and policy programs across a range of disciplines - from public
health to social work to education - enabling the allocation of
scarce human and financial resources to advance the health and
well-being of individuals and populations. The chapters are
organized according to the main tasks involved in conducting an
evaluation to produce unbiased evidence of program effectiveness,
quality and value. They include the methods for selecting and
justifying evaluation questions or hypotheses, designing
evaluations, sampling participants, selecting information sources,
and ensuring reliable and valid measurement. The final section of
the book is focused around managing and analyzing data and
transparently reporting the results in written and oral form. The
book also features international case studies throughout, covers
quantitative, qualitative and mixed method approaches, and is also
informed by new online methods developed during the Covid-19
pandemic. Among the book’s unique features is a focus on
international standards for conducting ethical evaluations and
avoiding research misconduct. Also featuring checklists, example
forms and summaries of the key ideas and topics, this very
practical book is essential reading for students in the social,
behavioral, and health sciences, and will be a key resource for
professionals in the field.
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