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Much applied research takes place as if complex social problems--and evaluations of interventions to address them--can be dealt with in a purely technical way. In contrast, this groundbreaking book offers an alternative approach that incorporates sustained, systematic reflection about researchers' values, what values research promotes, how ......
Single-Case Design for Measuring Response to Intervention
This innovative guide is now in a revised and expanded second edition with an even stronger applied focus. It helps educators harness the potential of single-case design (SCD) as a critical element of data-based decision making in a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS). The authors present simple and complex SCDs and demonstrate their use to ......
Thoroughly revised and updated, this engaging text has given thousands of students and new evaluators the practical information and expert advice needed to conduct or use evaluations. In 26 concise sections, the book describes how to articulate answerable evaluation questions, collect and analyze data using both quantitative and qualitative ......
Thoroughly revised and updated, this engaging text has given thousands of students and new evaluators the practical information and expert advice needed to conduct or use evaluations. In 26 concise sections, the book describes how to articulate answerable evaluation questions, collect and analyze data using both quantitative and qualitative ......
Beloved for its conversational style and reliable advice, this text is now in a revised and updated third edition, reflecting key developments in evaluation. It includes expanded coverage of equity and social justice issues, values and cost analysis, visualizing qualitative data with software, and more.
Beloved for its conversational style and reliable advice, this text is now in a revised and updated third edition, reflecting key developments in evaluation. It includes expanded coverage of equity and social justice issues, values and cost analysis, visualizing qualitative data with software, and more.
Focusing on ethical challenges in program evaluation, this book features six case-study scenarios that end at a point where the evaluator faces a significant decision about how to proceed. It is organized to follow the progress of an evaluation, from the entry-contracting phase through the utilization of results.
Focusing on ethical challenges in program evaluation, this book features six case-study scenarios that end at a point where the evaluator faces a significant decision about how to proceed. It is organized to follow the progress of an evaluation, from the entry-contracting phase through the utilization of results.
Anticipating Surprise and Responding to the Inevitable
Unexpected events during an evaluation all too often send evaluators into crisis mode. This book provides a systematic framework for diagnosing, anticipating, accommodating, and reining in costs of evaluation 'surprises'.
