TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stockmann,Reinhard
AU  - Bartley,Gareth
TI  - A Practitioner Handbook on Evaluation
SN  - 9781849800426
U1  - 361.007 23
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Centrum für Evaluation
KW  - gnd
KW  - Evaluation research (Social action programs)
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Methodology
KW  - fast
KW  - Praxis
KW  - Handlungsorientierung
KW  - Balanced Scorecard
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-373); 1. Introduction: What do we Need Evaluation For? / Reinhard Stockmann -- 2. An Introduction to Evaluation / Reinhard Stockmann -- 3. Competing and Complementary Approaches to Evaluation / Reinhard Stockmann -- 4. Organizational Aspects of Evaluations / Stefan Silvestrini -- 5. Evaluation Designs / Wolfgang Meyer -- 6. The Social Context of Evaluation / Tasso Brandt -- 7. Measuring: Indicators -- Scales -- Indices -- Interpretations / Wolfgang Meyer -- 8. Data Collection: Surveys -- Observations -- Non-reactive Procedures / Wolfgang Meyer -- 9. An Introduction to Data Management and Data Analysis / Peter Maats and Pascal Klären -- 10. Reporting / Vera Hennefeld and Ralph Meiers
N2  - This comprehensive handbook serves as a reference manual providing answers to virtually every conceivable question that can arise during the planning and implementation process of an evaluation. Offers a basic introduction to the foundations and benefits of this type of investigation, as well as a comparison of different evaluation approaches. Also provides an in-depth methodological framework for data measurement, data collection and data management with a description of the reporting process
ER  -