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White, Howard – New Directions for Evaluation, 2013
Evaluations should be issues driven, not methods driven. The starting point should be priority programs to be evaluated or policies to be tested. From this starting point, a list of evaluation questions is identified. For each evaluation question, the task is to identify the best available method for answering that question. Hence it is likely…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Intervention, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
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Rossi, Peter H. – New Directions for Evaluation, 1997
Over the past decade, quantitative methods have evolved to provide evaluators with more effective means for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information. The advances discussed are: (1) facilitating advances that consist of changes that make carrying out quantitative evaluation easier; (2) advances in measurement; and (3) advances in…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques