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de Alteriis, Martin – American Journal of Evaluation, 2020
This article examines factors that could have influenced whether evaluations of U.S. government--funded foreign assistance programs completed in 2015 had considered unintended consequences. Logit regression models indicate that the odds of considering unintended consequences were increased when all or most of seven standard data collection methods…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, International Programs, Program Evaluation, Influences
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Klerman, Jacob Alex; Olsho, Lauren E. W.; Bartlett, Susan – American Journal of Evaluation, 2015
While regression discontinuity has usually been applied retrospectively to secondary data, it is even more attractive when applied prospectively. In a prospective design, data collection can be focused on cases near the discontinuity, thereby improving internal validity and substantially increasing precision. Furthermore, such prospective…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Probability
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Cross, Jennifer Eileen; Dickmann, Ellyn; Newman-Gonchar, Rebecca; Fagan, Jesse Michael – American Journal of Evaluation, 2009
In recent years, there has been increasing attention to the importance of interagency collaboration for improving community well-being, environmental and public health, and educational outcomes. This article uses a mixed-methods approach including network analysis to examine the changes in interagency collaboration in one site funded by the Safe…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Grants, Network Analysis, Federal Programs
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Mulvey, Kevin P.; Atkinson, Donna Durant; Avula, Deepa; Luckey, J. William – American Journal of Evaluation, 2005
The Internet and World Wide Web are increasingly used to accelerate progress in a variety of fields. These applications go beyond the traditional technology- or computer-related fields and have expanded to nontechnical fields, which have benefited greatly from the use of the Web as a data-gathering and management support tool. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Measurement Techniques, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods