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Program Evaluation

A Field Guide for Administrators

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  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. Robert L. Schalock

    1. Hastings College and Mid-Nebraska Mental Retardation Services, Inc., Hastings, USA

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  2. Craig V. D. Thornton

    1. Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Program Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Decision Making and Evaluation in Program Administration

      • Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton
      Pages 3-22

    3. Describing Your Program

      • Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton
      Pages 23-37

    4. Guidelines Governing Program Evaluation

      • Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton
      Pages 39-67

  3. Process Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-71
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    2. Process Analysis from the Participant’s Perspective

      • Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton
      Pages 73-99

    3. Process Analysis from the Program’s Perspective

      • Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton
      Pages 101-120

    4. Analysis of Program Costs

      • Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton
      Pages 121-134

  4. Impact Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-137
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    2. Measuring Program Outcomes

      • Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton
      Pages 139-156

    3. Estimating Program Impacts

      • Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton
      Pages 157-179

  5. Benefit-Cost Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-184
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    2. Our Approach to Benefit-Cost Analysis

      • Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton
      Pages 185-223

    3. Back-of-the-Envelope Benefit-Cost Analysis

      • Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton
      Pages 225-231

  6. Analysis to Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-234
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    2. How to Communicate Your Findings

      • Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton
      Pages 235-248

    3. How Am I Doing?

      • Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton
      Pages 249-254

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 255-269
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About this book

This book is written to help human service program administrators either in­ terpret or conduct program evaluations. Our intended audience includes admin­ istrators and those students being trained for careers in human services administration. Our focus is on persons interested in assessing programs in which people work with people to improve their condition. The book's title, Program Evaluation: A Field Guide for Administrators, describes how we hope you use this book-as a tool. In writing the book, we have attempted to meet the needs of persons who have to conduct program evaluations as well as those who must use those evaluations. Hence, we have attempted to make the book "user friendly. " You will find, for example, numer­ ous guidelines, cautions, and specific suggestions. Use the book actively. Our primary motive is to help administrators make better decisions. In fact, the primary reason for program evaluation is to help program administrators make good decisions. These decisions often must balance the goals of equity (or fairness in the distribution of goods and services among people in the economy), efficiency (obtaining the most output for the least resources), and political feasi­ bility. Take, for example, the administrator who must decide between a new program favored by some of the program's constituents, and maintaining the status quo, which is favored by other constituents.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Hastings College and Mid-Nebraska Mental Retardation Services, Inc., Hastings, USA

    Robert L. Schalock

  • Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, USA

    Craig V. D. Thornton

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Program Evaluation

  • Book Subtitle: A Field Guide for Administrators

  • Authors: Robert L. Schalock, Craig V. D. Thornton

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3508-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42840-1Published: 31 July 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-3510-6Published: 27 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-3508-3Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 272

  • Topics: Psychology, general, Statistics, general

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