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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 361.61072
EAN num: 9780761908944
ISBN number: 0761908943
Label: Sage Publications, Inc
Manufacturer: Sage Publications, Inc
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Page Count: 480
Printing Date: October 14, 2003
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Since Peter H. Rossi, Mark W. Lipsey, and Howard E. Freeman very first published Evaluation: A Systematic Approach, more than 90,000 readers have considered it the premier text on how to design, implement, and appraise social programs through evaluation. In this, the completely revised Seventh Edition, authors Rossi and Lipsey include the latest techniques and approaches to evaluation as well as guidelines to tailour evaluations to fit programs and social contexts.
This bestselling text covers the full range of evaluation topics, including
* Framing evaluation questions
* Uncovering program theory
* Studying implementation
* Designing impact assessments
* Assessing program costs and benefits
* Understanding the politics of evaluating
With decades of hands-on experience conducting evaluations, the authors provide scores of examples to help students understand how evaluators deal with various critical issues. They include a glossary of key terms and concepts, making this the most comprehensive and authoritative evaluation text available.
Thoroughly revised, the Seventh Edition now includes
* Substantially more attention to outcome measurement
* Lengthy discussions of program theory, including a section about detecting program effects and interpreting their practical significance
* An augmented and updated discusion of major evaluation designs
* A detailed exposition of meta-analysis as an approach to the synthesis of evaluation studies
* Alternative approaches to evaluation
* Examples of successful evaluations
* Discussions of the political and social contexts of evaluation
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It is an excellent text both as a University course requirement and for social elevation. The authors provide such a wide array of cases in the texts that are social and policy issues in the United States that are also issues in Canada and other parts of the world. The notion of greater good of the society is so valuable as to raise the social consience.
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After about five pages of elementary school level material and repetitive, wordy, boring text that said almost nothing of substance I skipped the very first three chapters (because skimming them revealed more of the same). I think some of the later chapters might be more useful but I'm up to chapter 6 and so far have underlined about three pieces of text that might be worth referring back to. The rest is filler.
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The transaction was all that I expected. I am stisfied.
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I found this book to be moderately helpful, although I found the format to be somewhat cubersome and confusing. In order to successfully write an evaluation proposal I had to use this book in tandem with other resources. There are plenty of foundations that offer step-by-step guidelines for conducting an evaluation, for free. This book is not worth its cost.
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This book works well as an introductory textbook to the field of Evaluation -- including a brief history of its origins, essential components of evaluation, theory, and designs.
If you are looking for a class in Evaluation 101, or a refresher course on the principles of evaluation, this is a good textbook for you.
I am in the process of reading the 6th edition cover to cover (something I never do), and have hopped on line to order the latest edition so that I can upgrade.
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