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Methodological and Conceptual Issues Confronting a Cross-Country Delphi Study of Educational Program Evaluation
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Hung, Hsin-Ling; Altschuld, James W.; Lee, Yi-Fang – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2008
Although the Delphi is widely used, research on certain methodological issues is somewhat limited. After a brief introduction to the strengths, limitations, and methodological challenges of the technique, we share our experiences (as well as problems encountered) with an electronic Delphi of educational program evaluation (EPE) in the Asia-Pacific…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Program Evaluation, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries
Quantity and Quality in Evaluation Research: A Divergent View.
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Bednarz, Dan – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1985
Many evaluation researchers are now attempting to synthesize quantitative and qualitative approaches. Although such efforts appear to carry great promise, some subtleties and incompatibilities of these approaches are perhaps being overlooked. Implications for social inquiry are discussed. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Qualitative Research
Attrition and Augmentation Biases in Time Series Analysis: Evaluation of Clinical Programs.
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Fitz, Don; Tryon, Warren W. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1989
Methods of using simplified time series analysis (STSA) in evaluating clinical programs are discussed. STSA assists in addressing problems of attrition/augmentation of subjects in programs with changing populations. Combining individually calculated "C" statistics in a simple aggregate analysis of restraint usage by nursing home staff…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Clinics, Evaluation Problems, Experimental Groups
Why Reports of Outcome Evaluations Are Often Biased or Uninterpretable: Examples from Evaluations of Drug Abuse Prevention Programs.
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Moskowitz, Joel M. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Why conclusions of many outcome evaluations do not stand up to scrutiny is discussed, drawing on examples from evaluations of drug abuse prevention programs. Factors that undermine these studies are largely the result of social-structural problems that influence the design and implementation of the research. (SLD)
Descriptors: Bias, Drug Abuse, Evaluation Problems, Institutional Characteristics