Evaluation practicePub Date : 1996-09-01Epub Date: 2002-09-23DOI: 10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90008-2
William M. Stallings
{"title":"Basic math for social scientists: Concepts","authors":"William M. Stallings","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90008-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90008-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 277-279"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90008-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71734545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation practicePub Date : 1996-09-01Epub Date: 2002-09-23DOI: 10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90005-7
Anna-Marie Madison PhD (Assistant Professor)
{"title":"The status of management oriented evaluation in public administration and management graduate programs","authors":"Anna-Marie Madison PhD (Assistant Professor)","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90005-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90005-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper details an assessment of the evaluation course content of graduate programs in public affairs and administration programs. The research describes the distribution of evaluation courses in these programs by academic unit, program focus, and subject matter content. The findings reveal that 85% of the programs provide at least one evaluation course and evaluation is a core requirement in 49% of the programs. Analysis of course syllabi demonstrates that these courses are more likely to focus on program outcomes and policy impact than management issues concerning the effects of organizational structures, processes, and internal resource allocations on organizational performance. The author argues that more courses in these programs should take this emphasis to enable students to use evaluation more effectively as a management tool.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 251-259"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90005-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56197288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation practicePub Date : 1996-09-01Epub Date: 2002-09-23DOI: 10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90004-5
Alan J. Richard , David C. Bell, William N. Elwood, Cheryl Dayton-Shotts
{"title":"Outreach and program evaluation: Some measurement issues","authors":"Alan J. Richard , David C. Bell, William N. Elwood, Cheryl Dayton-Shotts","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90004-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90004-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Literally, the word “outreach” evokes the image of “reaching out,” attempting to touch what is currently beyond one's grasp. Activities that help organizations to “reach out” are important elements of most services, and some organizations employ outreach paraprofessionals whose primary function is to help recruit participants into a program. Because outreach is supposed to occur before individuals receive the goods or services offered by an organization, evaluations generally do not measure the amount of outreach contact. However, outreach and program intervention activities tend to overlap when an organization encounters resistance from a population of potential consumers. Drawing on 10 years of experience evaluating HIV risk-reduction interventions for drug users who are not in treatment, the authors argue that outreach workers are part of the intervention continuum, and have important effects not only on recruitment, but also on service delivery. We argue that the evaluation and measurement issues raised by pre-enrollment outreach contacts can be best addressed by improving quantitative pre-enrollment data collection. Finally, we present and discuss specific elements of a system for measuring pre-enrollment contacts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 237-250"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90004-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56197218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation practicePub Date : 1996-09-01Epub Date: 2002-09-23DOI: 10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90006-9
Beth L. Green , Laurie Mulvey , Heather A. Fisher , Flora Woratschek
{"title":"Integrating program and evaluation values: A family support approach to program evaluation","authors":"Beth L. Green , Laurie Mulvey , Heather A. Fisher , Flora Woratschek","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90006-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90006-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the past several years, models of social service provision that are based on principles of “family support” have been implemented nationwide. Development of evaluation methods to adequately reflect the multifaceted nature of these programs, however, has lagged behind program development. It is particularly difficult (especially within the context of traditional evaluation paradigms) to develop evaluations that do not <em>in and of themselves</em> violate the principles of family support, which advocate for services that are strengths-based, collaborative, family-centered, comprehensive, and flexible. To this end, we have been collaborating with local agency directors, family support staff, and parents to develop an evaluation approach that is based on the general principles of family support. The work that we describe draws techniques from participatory, empowerment, and utilization-focused evaluation approaches, but operationalizes evaluation activities based on the guiding program value system. By tailoring the evaluation to the service philosophy, we contend that the evaluation process can become more thoroughly integrated with the service program, and thus provide a more useful and accurate picture of the strengths and weaknesses of the program.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 261-272"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90006-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71839708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation practicePub Date : 1996-09-01Epub Date: 2002-09-23DOI: 10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90003-3
John Holian
{"title":"Client and birth record linkage: A method, biases, and lessons","authors":"John Holian","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90003-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90003-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Due to rising data collection costs and the availability of extant data files, record linkage is becoming increasingly important in evaluation research. We begin by discussing record linkage as a data-generating technique and its applicability to evaluation studies. This paper—part of a larger study assessing the perinatal outcomes of a comprehensive prenatal program for poor, urban women—describes a method for linking client records to live and stillbirth records. Biases which can enter into the linkage process and general issues which need to be addressed early in an investigation are also discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 227-235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90003-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22019293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation practicePub Date : 1996-09-01Epub Date: 2002-09-23DOI: 10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90010-0
John G. McNutt
{"title":"SAS® programming for researchers and social scientists","authors":"John G. McNutt","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90010-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90010-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 283-284"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90010-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56197383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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