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Peer reviewedBrown, Elizabeth D. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1980
Considered fundamentally a scientific enterprise, evaluation research also requires artistic skills. The latter are essential to in-house evaluators, more so than to extrainstitutional evaluators. A training model is suggested. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Evaluators, Interprofessional Relationship, Models, Professional Training
Peer reviewedSmith, John K. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1983
The historical development of current controversy over the use of quantitative or qualitative approaches in evaluation is traced. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Classification, Educational History, Evaluation Needs, Evaluators
Peer reviewedFienberg, Stephen E. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1980
Successful evaluation research reouires a high level of quantitative skill. The procedures, diverse and complex, of good quantitative training are outlined. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Curriculum, Evaluators, Professional Training
Peer reviewedStevens, Carla J., Ed.; Dial, Micah, Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1994
This theme issue discusses the misuse of evaluation. The eight articles all discuss instances in which the evaluation process or evaluation findings were misused. Misuse is usually not the result of methodological issues but rather is an issue of human relations and sometimes of political pressure. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators
Peer reviewedLipsey, Mark W. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1993
Explores the role of theory in strengthening causal interpretations in nonexperimental research. Evaluators must conduct theory-driven research, concentrating on "small theory," in that the focus is on the explanation of processes specific to the program being evaluated. Theory-guided treatment research must be programmatic and…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Effect Size, Evaluators, Generalization
Peer reviewedConner, Ross F., Ed.; Hendricks, Michael, Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1989
Examples of innovative program evaluation techniques developed in several foreign and international settings are presented in a collection of 10 essays. Methods for understanding programs to be evaluated, focusing evaluation, gathering information, analyzing information, and communicating findings and recommendations are discussed. (TJH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Feedback, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedScriven, Michael – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1993
Seven chapters present 31 propositions challenging traditional ideas about the nature and practice of program evaluation. Methods to improve evaluation models and approaches and ways to address intermediate and advanced evaluation issues are explored. The discussion also serves as an introduction to the most analytical and comprehensive of the…
Descriptors: Bias, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization
