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Measuring Stakeholder Participation in Evaluation: An Empirical Validation of the Participatory Evaluation Measurement Instrument (PEMI)
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Daigneault, Pierre-Marc; Jacob, Steve; Tremblay, Joel – Evaluation Review, 2012
Background: Stakeholder participation is an important trend in the field of program evaluation. Although a few measurement instruments have been proposed, they either have not been empirically validated or do not cover the full content of the concept. Objectives: This study consists of a first empirical validation of a measurement instrument that…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Participation, Program Evaluation, Measurement Techniques
Rates of Missing Responses in Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) versus Paper Assessments
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Palen, Lori-Ann; Graham, John W.; Smith, Edward A.; Caldwell, Linda L.; Mathews, Catherine; Flisher, Alan J. – Evaluation Review, 2008
This article describes rates of missing item responses in personal digital assistant (PDA) assessments as compared to paper assessments. Data come from the evaluation of a classroom-based leisure, life skills, and sexuality education program delivered to high school students in Cape Town, South Africa. Analyses show that the paper assessments had…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Sex Education, Foreign Countries, Sexuality
Two-Unit Reliability Analysis of Questionnaires Used in a Regulatory System.
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Fleishman, Rachel; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1996
An interjudge reliability test was conducted to evaluate questionnaires used in the surveillance of residential care institutions in Israel. Results from 32 institutions (evaluated by two surveyor teams--one social worker and 1 nurse per team) and the variance in reliability were used to improve the questionnaires and their administration. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluators, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Interrater Reliability
Reviving Preevaluative Research: An Illustration from the Arts.
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Wortman, Paul M.; Marans, Robert W. – Evaluation Review, 1987
The concept of "preevaluative research" is examined in the context of a museum exhibition evaluation. It is viewed as distinct from an evaluability assessment. The exhibit preevaluative study indicates that instrumentation and implementation issues are likely to benefit from such activities, but that design and analysis may suffer.…
Descriptors: Arts Centers, High Schools, Interviews, Program Evaluation
Triangulation in Evaluation: Design and Analysis Issues.
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Greene, Jennifer; McClintock, Charles – Evaluation Review, 1985
A mixed-method program evaluation, concurrently using both qualitative interview data and quantitative questionnaire data, was conducted. It illustrated significant design and analysis issues related to integrating quantitative and qualitative methods, specifically between-method and cross-paradigm triangulation. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Information Needs, Interviews
Industry-University Projects and Centers: An Empirical Comparison of Two Federally Funded Models of Cooperative Science.
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Gray, Denis; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1986
This study describes an empirical evaluation and comparison of two federally funded programs designed to foster Industry-University (I-U) cooperation. Results indicate that participants in I-U Projects perceive applied objectives like patent development as the most important goal of their collaboration, whereas I-U Centers promote a more basic…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cooperative Programs, Federal Aid, Higher Education