Evaluation Research Methods

Four-Volume Set
ISBN: 978-1-4129-0152-9
Verlag: Blue Rose Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 1736 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 3116 g

Reihe: SAGE Benchmarks in Social Research Methods

Evaluation is a set of research methods and associated methodologies with a distinctive purpose. They provide a means to judge actions and activities in terms of values, criteria and standards. At the same time evaluation is also a practice that seeks to enhance effectiveness in the public sphere and policy making. In order to improve as well as judge, there is a need to explain what happens and would have to be done differently for different outcomes to be achieved. It is in this explanatory mode that evaluation overlaps most directly with mainstream social science. This collection offers a complete guide to evaluations research methods. It is organized in four volumes. Volume 1 focuses on foundation issues and includes sections on the rationale for evaluation, central methodological debates, the role of theory and applying values, criteria and standards. Volume 2 examines explaining through evaluation and covers sections on experimentation and causal inference, outcomes and inputs, socio-economic indicators, economics and cost benefit approaches and realist methods. Volume 3 addresses qualitative methods and includes sections on case studies, responsive, developmental and accompanying evaluation, participation and empowerment, constructivism and postmodernism and multi-criteria and classificatory methods. Volume 4 concentrates on evaluation to improve policy with sections on performance management, systematic reviews, institutionalization and utilization and policy learning and design. The collection offers a unique and unparalleled guide to this rapidly expanding research method. It demonstrates how method and theory are applied in policy and strategy and will be an invaluable addition to any social science library. Elliot Stern is the editor of Evaluation: the International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, and works both as an independent consultant. He was previously Principal Advisor for evaluation studies at the Tavistock Institute, London.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stern, Elliot

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

VOLUME ONE
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS ISSUES IN EVALUATION
SECTION ONE: TYPOLOGIES AND PARADIGMS
The Logic of Evaluation and Evaluation Practice - Michael Scriven
Evaluation as Sensemaking - George Julnes and Melvin M Mark
Knowledge Construction in a Realist World
Establishing Evaluative Conclusions - Deborah M Fournier
A Distinction between General and Working Logic
Evaluation as Practical Hermeneutics - Thomas A Schwandt
In with the New - Ray Pawson and Nick Tilley
Introducing Scientific Realism
A Theoretical Framework and Grid for Analysis of Programme-Evaluation Practices - Michel Demarteau
Policy Evaluation and Learning - Peter van der Knaap
Feedback, Enlightenment or Argumentation?
Merit Criteria and Performance Standards - Evert Vedung
Public Managers amidst Ambiguity - Tineke A Abma and Mirko Noordegraaf
Towards a Typology of Evaluative Practices in Public Management
SECTION TWO: ETHICS AND VALUES
Evaluation as Advocacy - Jennifer C Greene
How We Inhabit our Evaluations - Saville Kushner
Research on Evaluation Ethics - Michael Morris
What Have we Learned and Why Is It Important?
Anything Goes - Clem Adelman
Evaluation and Relativism
The Limits of Constructivism in Evaluation - Saville Kushner
The Future of Ethics in Evaluation - Dianna L Newman
Developing the Dialogue
SECTION THREE: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DEBATES
Specifying Inquiry Modes - Melvin M Mark, Gary T Henry and George Julnes
Philosophy of Science and the Quantitative - Qualitative Debates - William R Shadish
Thirteen Common Errors
The Foundations of Qualitative Research - Dawn Snape and Liz Spencer
VOLUME TWO
PART TWO: EVALUATION PRACTICE FOR ENGAGEMENT
SECTION ONE: CASE STUDIES AND DIALOGICAL METHODS
The Abridged Version of Case Study Research - Robert K Yin
Design and Method
A Dialogical, Story-Based Evaluation Tool - Jessica Dart and Rick Davies
The Most Significant Change Technique
Stake's Responsive Evaluation - Tineke A Abma and Robert E Stake
Core Ideas and Evolution
SECTION TWO: PARTICIPATION AND EMPOWERMENT
Deliberative Democratic Evaluation in Practice - Ernest R House and Kenneth R Howe
Empowerment Evaluation - David M Fetterman
Participatory Program Planning - Laura Nichols
Including Program Participants and Evaluators
Democratic Evaluation - Beatrice Floc'hlay and Eric Plottu
From Empowerment Evaluation to Public Decision-Making
Participatory Evaluation in a Community Organization: Fostering Stakeholder Empowerment and Utilization - Danielle Papineau and Margaret C Kiely
SECTION THREE: COMBINING METHODS AND DATA
Toward a Conceptual Framework for Mixed-Method Evaluation Designs - Jennifer C Greene, Valerie J Caracelli and Wendy F Graham
An Example of Qualitative Research Methods in Realist Evaluation - Mansoor A F Kazi
From Puzzles to Problems - Daniel J McLinden and William MK Trochim
Assessing the Value of Education in a Business Context with Concept Mapping and Pattern Matching
Qualitative Evaluations, Combined Methods and Key Challenges - Jeff Hearn, John Lawler and George Dowswell
General Lessons from the Qualitative Evaluation of Community Intervention in Stroke Rehabilitation
SECTION FOUR: PLANNING AND MANAGING EVALUATION
Beginning an Evaluation with RUFDATA - Murray Saunders
Theorizing a Practical Approach to Evaluation Planning
Evaluability Assessment - M F Smith
Reflections on the Process Method
RENOMO - A Design Tool for Evaluations - Wolfgang Beywl and Philip Potter
Designing Evaluations Responsive to Stakeholders' Interests by Working with Nominal Groups using the Moderation
SECTION FIVE: MULTI-SITE AND MULTI-LEVEL EVALUATION
A Framework for Understanding and Improving Multisite Evaluations - Roger B Straw and James M Herrell
Conceptual Challenges Confronting Cluster Evaluation - Blaine R Worthen and Constance C Schmitz
Local Evaluation in a National Early Years Excellence Centres Pilot Programme: Integrating Per