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001 2011042703
003 DLC
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008 111103s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011042703
020 $a9781462503247 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9781462503155 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aH62$b.M42317 2012
082 00 $a361.2072$223
100 1 $aMertens, Donna M.
245 10 $aProgram evaluation theory and practice :$ba comprehensive guide /$cDonna M. Mertens, Amy T. Wilson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bGuilford Press,$cc2012.
300 $a619 p. ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe landscape of evaluation -- Introduction to evaluation: defining terms and ethical considerations -- Framing evaluation : paradigms, branches, and theories -- Historical and contemporary evaluation paradigms, branches, theories, and approaches -- The postpositivist paradigm and the methods branch -- The pragmatic paradigm and the use branch -- The constructivist paradigm and the values branch -- The transformative paradigm and the social justice branch -- Planning evaluations -- Working with stakeholders: establishing the context and the evaluand -- Evaluation purposes and questions -- Evaluation designs -- Data collection strategies and indicators -- Stakeholders, participants, and sampling -- Data analysis and interpretation -- Implementation in evaluation -- Communication and utilization of findings -- Meta-evaluation and project management -- Perennial and emerging issues in evaluation -- Glossary.
650 0 $aEvaluation research (Social action programs)
650 0 $aSocial sciences$xResearch$xMethodology.
700 1 $aWilson, Amy T.