Author: Carol H. Wei
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: evaluation
Number of Pages: 372
Published: 1997-12-18
List price: $68.20
ISBN-10: 0133097250
ISBN-13: 9780133097252

This timely and accessible guide on the conduct of evaluation studies explores how we apply research methods in evaluating social programs, illustrating its points with reference to a variety of fields, including education, social services, and criminal justice.Offers practical advice on understanding the reasons for the study, identifying key questions to be answered, and planning and implementing the overall design of the study, including measurement, qualitative methods of inquiry, data collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination. Stresses that understanding the underlying theory of

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Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Keywords: report, surveillance, imf, evaluation, external
Number of Pages: 123
Published: 1999-12
List price: $19.00
ISBN-10: 1557758638
ISBN-13: 9781557758637

The IMF’s surveillance over its member’s economic policies is one of the institution’s central activities. In keeping with the increasing transparency of the IMF, the Executive Board asked a group of independent external experts to evaluate IMF surveillance, to assess the effectiveness of such surveillance, and to make recommendations for improvements. The group’s report looks at the methods, substance, and impact of surveillance, both on individual countries and on the global economy. This publication also includes the reactions of the Executive Board, management, and the staff to the

Author: Ray V Herren
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Keywords: evaluation, livestock, science, art
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2009-06-19
List price: $104.95
ISBN-10: 1428335927
ISBN-13: 9781428335929

Author: Michael Scriven
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Keywords: thesaurus, evaluation
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 1991-08-27
List price: $77.95
ISBN-10: 0803943644
ISBN-13: 9780803943643

Written by one of the leaders in evaluation, Evaluation Thesaurus is the first overview of evaluation across all disciplines, providing readers with a quick analysis of the major concepts, positions, acronyms, processes, techniques, and checklists in the field. The detailed introduction establishes a view of evaluation as a "transdisciplinary discipline", including, but reaching far beyond, program, conduct, institutional, curriculum, and personnel evaluation. Containing 200 new topics, Scriven’s Thesaurus offers professionals and students a guide for understanding the relation of evalu

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Publisher: Wiley-AIChE
Keywords: procedures, evaluation, hazard, guidelines
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 2008-04-18
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 0471978159
ISBN-13: 9780471978152

Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures, 3rd Edition keeps process engineers updated on the effective methodologies that process safety demands. Almost 200 pages of worked examples are included to facilitate understanding. References for further reading, along with charts and diagrams that reflect the latest views and information, make this a completely accessible work. The revised and updated edition includes information not included in previous editions giving a comprehensive overview of this topic area.

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Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Keywords: evaluation, development, curricula, educational
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2008-04
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 1604562331
ISBN-13: 9781604562330

In formal education, a curriculum (plural curricula) is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow and mature in becoming adults. Crucial to the curriculum is the definition of the course objectives that usually are expressed as learning outcomes and normally include the program’s assessment strategy. These outcomes and assessments are grouped as units (or modules), and, therefore, the curriculum comprises a collecti

Author: Ms. Sandra Mathison
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Keywords: evaluation, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 520
Published: 2004-10-21
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0761926097
ISBN-13: 9780761926092

The Encyclopedia of Evaluation is an authoritative, first-of-its-kind who, what, where, why, and how of the field of evaluation. Covering professional practice as well as academia, this volume chronicles the development of the field-its history, key figures, theories, approaches, and goals. From the leading publisher in the field of evaluation, this work is a must-have for all social science libraries, departments that offer courses in evaluation, and students and professional evaluators around the world. The entries in this Encyclopedia capture the essence of evaluation as a practice (methods