LEADER 03978nam 22005535 450 001 9910484975003321 005 20200920000617.0 010 $a3-319-19021-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-19021-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000463318 035 $a(EBL)3568200 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001546689 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16141272 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001546689 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14796294 035 $a(PQKB)11509679 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-19021-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3568200 035 $a(PPN)188457119 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000463318 100 $a20150810d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCredibility, Validity, and Assumptions in Program Evaluation Methodology /$fby Apollo M. Nkwake 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (178 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-19020-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aChapter 1. Constituents of Evaluation Practice -- Chapter 2. Credible Methodology -- Chapter 3. Validity in Framing an Evaluation?s Purpose and Questions -- Chapter 4. Validity in Evaluation Designs and Methods -- Chapter 5. Validity in Measures and Data Collection -- Chapter 6. Validity in Analysis, Interpretation, and Conclusions -- Chapter 7. Validity in Evaluation Utilization -- Chapter 8. Validity in Performance Measurement -- Chapter 9. Evaluation of Methodological Assumptions: A Metaevaluation -- Chapter 10. Conclusion.         . 330 $aThis book focuses on assumptions underlying methods choice in program evaluation. Credible program evaluation extends beyond the accuracy of research designs to include arguments justifying the appropriateness of methods. An important part of this justification is explaining the assumptions made about the validity of methods. This book provides a framework for understanding methodological assumptions, identifying the decisions made at each stage of the evaluation process, the major forms of validity affected by those decisions, and the preconditions for and assumptions about those validities. Though the selection of appropriate research methodology is not a new topic within social development research, previous publications suggest only advantages and disadvantages of using various methods and when to use them. This book goes beyond other publications to analyze the assumptions underlying actual methodological choices in evaluation studies and how these eventually influence evaluation quality. The analysis offered is supported by a collation of assumptions collected from a case study of 34 evaluations.  Due to its in-depth analysis, strong theoretical basis, and practice examples, Credibility, Validity and Assumptions in Program Evaluation Methodology, is a must-have resource for researchers, students, university professors, and practitioners in program evaluation. Importantly, it provides tools for the application of appropriate research methods in program evaluation. 606 $aSocial service 606 $aIndustrial organization 606 $aSocial Work$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X21000 606 $aIndustrial Organization$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W31010 615 0$aSocial service. 615 0$aIndustrial organization. 615 14$aSocial Work. 615 24$aIndustrial Organization. 676 $a300 700 $aNkwake$b Apollo M$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01058240 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484975003321 996 $aCredibility, Validity, and Assumptions in Program Evaluation Methodology$92846762 997 $aUNINA