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Evaluation ethics for best practice : cases and commentaries /
Focusing on ethical challenges in program evaluation, this innovative book features six case-study scenarios that end at a point where the evaluator faces a significant decision about how to proceed. For each case, two distinguished evaluators offer insights on the best course of action to choose, a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Guilford Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Ebook Central Academic Complete Collection
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1 Ethics and evaluation
- Chapter 2 The entry/contracting stage ; Scenario 1: the coordination project ; Commentary: consumers, culture, and validity / Karen E. Kirkhart ; Commentary: whose evaluation is it, anyway? / David M. Chavis ; What if ...? ; Final thoughts: the coordination project ; Scenario 2: just say no? ; Questions to consider
- Chapter 3 Designing the evaluation ; Scenario 1: the damp parade? ; Commentary: everybody talks about the weather ... / Melvin M. Mark ; Commentary: no rain today / Gail V. Barrington ; What if ...? ; Final thoughts: the damp parade ; Scenario 2: what's under the rock? ; Questions to consider
- Chapter 4 Data collection ; Scenario 1: the folder ; Commentary: hold 'em or fold(er) 'em? : what's an evaluator to do? / Michael Hendricks ; Commentary: centering the folder / sarita davis ; What if ...? ; Final thoughts: the folder ; Scenario 2: hideout ; Questions to consider
- Chapter 5 Data analysis and interpretation ; Scenario 1: knock, knock, what's there? ; Commentary: what's there : confidence or competence? / Leslie J. Cooksy ; Commentary: interpreting effects / William R. Shadish ; What if ...? ; Final thoughts : knock, knock, what's there? ; Scenario 2: things happen ; Questions to consider
- Chapter 6 Communication of results ; Scenario 1: mainstream ; Commentary: mainstreaming process evaluation : ethical issues in reporting interim results / Mary Ann Scheirer ; Commentary: reporting bad news : challenges and opportunities in an ethical dilemma / Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar and Luciþa Orellana-Damacela ; What if ...? ; Final thoughts : mainstream ; Scenario 2: whose voices? ; Questions to consider
- Chapter 7 Utilization of results ; Scenario 1: nightly news ; Commentary: fixing the spin on evaluation / Laura C. Leviton ; Commentary: from substance use to evaluation misuse : is there a way out? / Sharon F. Rallis ; What if ...? ; Final thoughts: nightly news ; Scenario 2: is my job done yet? ; Questions to consider
- Chapter 8 Lessons learned.