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UPDATED EDITION OF BEST SELLER
EVALUATION: A Systematic Approach EIGHTH EDITION
Peter H. Rossi • Mark W. Lipsey, Vanderbilt University • Gary T. Henry, Vanderbilt University
Evaluation: A Systematic Approach is the bestselling comprehensive introduction to the fi eld of program evaluation,
covering the range of evaluation research activities used in appraising the design, implementation, effectiveness, and
effi ciency of social programs. Relied upon as the "gold standard" by professors, students, and practitioners, this new
Eighth Edition includes fi ve new or substantially revised chapters, including a new practical chapter on planning an
evaluation, and a major reorganization of the book's content to better serve the needs of program evaluation courses.
CONTENTS 1: What is Program Evaluation and Why is it Needed? / 2: Social Problems and Assessing the Need for a Program / 3: Developing,
Expressing, and Assessing Program Theory / 4: Process Assessment and Implementation Fidelity / 5: Measuring and Monitoring Outcomes /
6: Impact Evaluation: Isolating the Effects of Social Programs in the Real World / 7: Impact Evaluation: Comparison Group Designs / 8: Impact
Evaluation: Designs with Strict Controls on Program Access / 9: Detecting, Interpreting, and Analyzing Program Effects / 10: Assessing Effi ciency:
Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Benefi t / 11: Planning an Evaluation / 12: The Social and Political Context of Evaluation
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5063-0788-6 • ©2019 • 360 PAGES •
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REALWORLD EVALUATION: Working Under Budget, Time, Data, and Political
Constraints THIRD EDITION
Michael Bamberger, Independent Consultant • Linda Mabry, Washington State University • Maliha Khan,
Independent Consultant
This book addresses the challenges of conducting program evaluations in real-world contexts where evaluators and
their clients face budget and time constraints and where critical data may be missing. The book is organized around a
seven-step model developed by the authors, which has been tested and refi ned in workshops and in practice. Vignettes
and case studies—representing evaluations from a variety of geographic regions and sectors—demonstrate adaptive
possibilities for small projects with budgets of a few thousand dollars to large-scale, long-term evaluations of complex
programs. The text incorporates quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method designs, and this Third Edition refl ects
important developments in the fi eld since the publication of the second edition, including new chapters on gender and
feminist evaluation, and on development evaluation in the age of big data.
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5443-1878-3 • JUNE 2019 • 728 PAGES •
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PRACTICAL MAPPING FOR APPLIED RESEARCH AND PROGRAM EVALUATION
Bernadette Wright, Meaningful Evidence, LLC • Steven E. Wallis, Meaningful Evidence, LLC
Practical Mapping for Applied Research and Program Evaluation helps readers become more effective researchers,
providing a practical "nuts and bolts" approach to conducting research and evaluating programs to support their
continued improvement. Providing clear, direct, and concise instruction on tools for synthesizing research within and
between disciplines, this book will enable students to combine data from both qualitative and quantitative research
methods, from studies across disciplines, and from both stakeholder experience and academic research.
CONTENTS 1: Three Dimensions of Knowledge for Solving Complex Problems: Meaning, Data, and Logic / 2: Meaning: A Collaborative Mapping
Approach / 3: Data: Mapping From Related Research and Materials / 4: Mapping from Your Own Research / 5: Logic: Evaluating the Structure of
Maps / 6: Collaborating with Other Researchers / 7: Communication, Collaboration, and Action
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5443-2334-3 • JUNE 2019 • 256 PAGES
10-STEP EVALUATION FOR TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
Seung Youn (Yonnie) Chyung, Boise State University
Written with a learning-by-doing approach in mind, this hands-on, practical text, 10-Step Evaluation for Training
and Performance Improvement, is designed to help students learn how to conduct a program evaluation by actually
completing a client-based program evaluation.
CONTENTS 1: Identify an Evaluand (Step 1) and Its Stakeholders (Step 2) / 2: Identify the Purpose of Evaluation (Step 3) / 3: Assess Evaluation
Feasibility and Risk Factors / 4: Write a Statement of Work / 5: Develop a Program Logic Model (Step 4) / 6: Determine Dimensions and
Importance Weighting (Step 5) / 7: Determine Data Collection Methods (Step 6) / 8: Write an Evaluation Proposal and Get Approval / 9: Develop
Data Collection Instruments I – Self-Administered Surveys (Step 7) / 10: Develop data collection Instruments II – Interviews, Focus Groups,
Observations, Extant Data Reviews, and Tests (Step 7) / 11: Collect Data (Step 8) / 12: Analyze Data with Rubrics (Step 9) / 13: Draw Conclusions
(Step 10) / 14: Write a Final Report and Conduct a Summative Meta-Evaluation
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5443-2396-1 • ©2019 • 352 PAGES •
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