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Management of Federally Funded Evaluation Research: Building Evaluation Teams.
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St. Pierre, Robert G. – Evaluation Review, 1982
This article focuses on the management of federally funded evaluation research by (1) discussing aspects of building an in-house evaluation team; (2) defining possible contractor/client relationships, and (3) considering contractor/practitioner team rapport. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Administration, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Federal Programs
Economic Evaluation of Agricultural Research: An Assessment.
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Bengston, David N. – Evaluation Review, 1985
This article reviews the agricultural research evaluation literature in an effort to assess the extent of coverage in this area. Coverage breakdowns with respect to evaluation approaches, types of research, and products and production processes are presented. Results suggest that there has been limited coverage of research undertaken in…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Evaluation Methods, Literature Reviews, Needs Assessment
Mail Surveys of Reluctant Professionals.
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Sudman, Seymour – Evaluation Review, 1985
This article presents procedures for improving professional group cooperation in responding to mailed survey questionnaires which differ from those used with general populations. The procedures deal with: (1) improving the cost-benefit ratio of cooperation; (2) being sensitive to confidentiality concerns; and (3) allowing respondents a full range…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Professional Personnel
Educational Evaluation and Shifting Youth Policy.
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Fuller, Bruce – Evaluation Review, 1981
Five causal metaphors running throughout youth employment and education programs are reviewed: (1) the functionalist economic model; (2) the institutional socialization model; (3) a psychosocial view of youth development; (4) the subcultural model; and (5) a self-determined community development vision. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Methods, Models, Program Evaluation
Treatment Implementation and Statistical Power: A Research Note.
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Cook, Thomas J.; Poole, W. Kenneth – Evaluation Review, 1982
The assumption of equal treatment implementation is questioned. Through the reanalysis of data from a nutrition supplementation program evaluation, the power of the analysis of treatment effects is shown to increase when data on the level of treatment implementation is included. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Hypothesis Testing, Power (Statistics), Program Evaluation
Paradigmatic Choices in Evaluation Methodology.
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Heilman, John G. – Evaluation Review, 1980
The choice between experimental research or process-oriented oriented research as the only valid paradigm of evaluation research is rejected. It is argued that there is a middle ground. Suggestions are made for mixing the two approaches to suit particular research settings. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluative Thinking, Models, Program Evaluation
Introspection, Deduction, and Guesswork in Policy Evaluation.
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Nagel, Stuart S. – Evaluation Review, 1984
Introspective interviewing can often determine the magnitude of relations more meaningfully than statistical analysis. Deduction from empirically validated premises avoids many research design problems. Guesswork can be combined with sensitivity analysis to determine the effects of guesses and missing information on conclusions. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Deduction, Evaluation Methods, Intuition, Policy Formation
Program Evaluation as an Evolutionary Process.
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Nielsen, Lore; Turner, Susan Douglas – Evaluation Review, 1983
Ongoing program evaluation is examined as an evolutionary process in which the form of evaluation changes in response to the questions to be addressed. As programs evolve over time, so should the evaluation designs. The concept is illustrated with two examples from a large school district in Florida. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Toward a Coherent View of Evaluation.
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Sherrill, Sam – Evaluation Review, 1984
This article offers an integrated approach to government program evaluation and an organizational model that clearly identifies the central role of evaluation in organizational life. This view includes: outcome evaluation; benefit-cost analysis; human rights; the level and distribution of benefits, costs, and rights; and a systems model of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs
Decision Rules in Program Evaluation.
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Ross, John A. – Evaluation Review, 1980
An example is provided of an evaluation in which the formulation of explicit decision rules was a central activity. The case for and against the use of decision rules in program evaluation is considered, and the appropriate context identified. Implications for the rights of decision makers are addressed. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Criteria, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Evaluation
Statistics without Substance: A Critique of Freedman et al. and Clark and Morrison.
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Grofman, Bernard – Evaluation Review, 1991
D. Freedman and others and W. Clark and P. Morrison misunderstand case law in the voting rights area and have unrealistic standards of precision that, if adopted, would make it virtually impossible for minority plaintiffs to succeed. Ecological regression, when used with care, is a reliable tool. (SLD)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Court Litigation, Estimation (Mathematics), Ethnic Groups