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Program evaluation in social research /
Program Evaluation in Social Research presents a plan for developing evaluation into a form of applied social research that is not only methodologically sound, but also relevant to the problems of society and built on a technological (as opposed to a scientific) model. This book views evaluation as...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Pergamon Press,
�1979.
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| Series: | Pergamon general psychology series ;
vol. 82. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Program Evaluation in Social Research; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1. Evaluation As Applied, Relevant Social Research; BASIC PERSPECTIVES; ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK; ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL DISTINCTIONS; Chapter 2. Evaluation Types; INTRODUCTION; THE ""EVALUATION-TYPE"" CONTINUUM; CLIENT-COMPARISON EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION; MODALITY TEST EVALUATION; CHAPTER SUMMARY; NOTES; Chapter 3. Validity of Evaluation; THE VALIDITY CONTINUUM; ESTABLISHING MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF VALIDITY
- VALIDITY ISSUES IN CLIENT-COMPARISON EVALUATIONVALIDITY ISSUES IN FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION4; VALIDITY ISSUES IN MODALITY TEST EVALUATION; SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF MODALITY TEST EVALUATION; CHAPTER SUMMARY; NOTES; Chapter 4. Usefulness of Evaluation; INTRODUCTION; THE USEFULNESS CONTINUUM; USEFULNESS OF CLIENT-COMPARISON EVALUATION; POLITICAL USES: GENERAL INTRODUCTION; USEFULNESS OF FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; MODALITY TEST EVALUATION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; Chapter 5. Evaluation as Social Technology; INTRODUCTION; WHY IS SOCIAL RESEARCH NOT RELEVANT? A REVIEW OF CRITIQUES
- A FRAMEWORK FOR SOLUTIONSDIFFERENCES BETWEEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; ADVANTAGES OF EVALUATION AS SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY; INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; NOTES; Chapter 6. Implementation of Evaluation: Dynamics of Conflict and Suggestions for Change; INTRODUCTION; BINDING FORCES BETWEEN SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SERVICE; SOURCES OF FRICTION BETWEEN SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SERVICE; JUSTIFICATION OF THE RESEARCH/EVALUATION POSITION; FACTORS THAT INHIBIT COMPROMISE; SOLUTIONS TO THE CONFLICT; ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES OF INCREASED RELEVANCE; NOTES
- Chapter 7. Powerful Evaluation: Consequences for The Organization of Social ResearchINTRODUCTION; EVALUATION AS A PROFESSION; THEORIES OF PROFESSIONALIZATION; THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF EVALUATION; PREDICTIONS FROM MODELS OF PROFESSIONALIZATION; SPECIAL PROBLEMS AS A FUNCTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND TYPE-VALIDITY-USEFULNESS PERSPECTIVES; CONCLUSION; NOTES; Chapter 8. Evaluation in an Innovating Society; CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE PROMISE; CONSEQUENCES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; INNOVATION AND EVALUATION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR