A Practitioner Handbook on Evaluation / edited by Reinhard Stockmann ; translated by Gareth Bartley.

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2011]Description: x, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9781849800426
1849800421

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DDC classification:

361.007 23 PRA

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-373).

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.

Translated from the German.

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