| Description |
x, 230 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Ethics and evaluation -- The entry/contracting stage -- Scenario 1: the coordination project -- Commentary: consumers, culture, and validity / Karen E. Kirkhart -- Commentary: whose evaluation is it, anyway? / David M. Chavis -- What if ...? -- Final thoughts: the coordination project -- Scenario 2: just say no? -- Questions to consider -- Designing the evaluation -- Scenario 1: the damp parade? -- Commentary: everybody talks about the weather ... / Melvin M. Mark -- Commentary: no rain today / Gail V. Barrington -- What if ...? -- Final thoughts: the damp parade -- Scenario 2: what's under the rock? -- Questions to consider -- Data collection -- Scenario 1: the folder -- Commentary: hold 'em or fold(er) 'em? : what's an evaluator to do? / Michael Hendricks -- Commentary: centering the folder / sarita davis -- What if ...? -- Final thoughts: the folder -- Scenario 2: hideout -- Questions to consider -- Data analysis and interpretation -- Scenario 1: knock, knock, what's there? -- Commentary: what's there : confidence or competence? / Leslie J. Cooksy -- Commentary: interpreting effects / William R. Shadish -- What if ...? -- Final thoughts : knock, knock, what's there? -- Scenario 2: things happen -- Questions to consider -- Communication of results -- Scenario 1: mainstream -- Commentary: mainstreaming process evaluation : ethical issues in reporting interim results / Mary Ann Scheirer -- Commentary: reporting bad news : challenges and opportunities in an ethical dilemma / Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar and Lucia Orellana-Damacela -- What if ...? -- Final thoughts : mainstream -- Scenario 2: whose voices? -- Questions to consider -- Utilization of results -- Scenario 1: nightly news -- Commentary: fixing the spin on evaluation / Laura C. Leviton -- Commentary: from substance use to evaluation misuse : is there a way out? / Sharon F. Rallis -- What if ...? -- Final thoughts: nightly news -- Scenario 2: is my job done yet? -- Questions to consider -- Lessons learned. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Morris, Michael, 1949-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781593855703 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1593855702 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781593855697 (pbk.) |
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1593855699 (pbk.) |
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