Autore	Boulmetis John
Edizione	[3rd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	San Francisco, [California] : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (307 p.)
Disciplina	658.4/032
Collana	Research Methods for the Social Sciences
Soggetto topico	Management - Evaluation
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-118-10366-1 0-470-87354-X
Classificazione	EDU011000
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	The ABCs of Evaluation: Timeless Techniques for Program and Project Managers; Contents; Preface; The Authors; 1 What is Evaluation?; Common Denominators; Two Definitions of Evaluation; Evaluating Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Impact; Evaluating Alternatives; Identifying Areas to Improve; Other Levels; Formal Reasons to Evaluate; Practical Application; Formative and Summative Evaluations; Putting It All Together; Key Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercises; Further Reading; 2 Why Evaluate?; Grants and Grantsmanship; Benefits; Benefits to Sponsors and Staff; Opportunities Understanding of OutcomesLimitations; Considerations; Social and Political Situations; Decision-Making Needs; Research for New Solutions; Putting It All Together; Key Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercise; Further Reading; 3 Decision Making: Whom to Involve, How, and Why?; Program and Project Cycles; Overlooked Stakeholders; Program Phases; Evaluation and Monitoring; Program Planning Cycle and Evaluation; Needs Analysis; Program Planning; Program Implementation and Formative Evaluation; Final Evaluation: Summative; Types of Evaluation for Decision Making; Putting It All Together Key Words and ConceptsQuestions and Exercises; Further Reading; 4 Starting Point: The Evaluator's Program Description; What an Evaluator's Program Description Can Do; Developing an Evaluator's Program Description; Putting It All Together; Key Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercises; Further Reading; 5 Choosing an Evaluation Model; More Than One Way to Evaluate; Four Evaluation Models; Discrepancy Model; Goal-Free Model; Transaction Model; Decision-Making Model; Other Models; Goal-Based Method; Choosing the Right Model; Evaluation Design Format; Other Considerations Putting It All TogetherKey Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercise; Further Reading; 6 Data Sources; Starting Point; Qualitative and Quantitative Data Sources; Four Levels of Data; Nominal Data; Ordinal Data; Interval Data; Ratio Data; Nature of Data Collection; Existing Data; Newly Collected Data; Interview; Scales; Sentence Completion; Tests; Observational Analysis; Putting It All Together; Key Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercise; Further Reading; 7 Data Analysis; Data Analysis; Data; Terms; Statistics; Measures of Central Tendency; Measures of Variability; Levels of Data Putting It All TogetherKey Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercise; Further Reading; Software for Personal Computers; 8 Is It Evaluation or Is It Research?; Determining Evaluation or Research from Intent; Determining Evaluation or Research from Design; Qualitative and Quantitative Characteristics; Sampling; Probability Sampling Methods; Nonprobability Sampling Methods; Sampling and Surveys; Putting It All Together; Key Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercise; Further Reading; 9 Writing the Evaluation Report; Communicating Your Findings; Evaluation Reports; The Report Outline Section One: Summary
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910461515703321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Arlington, VA : , : Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (iv, 21 pages) : illustrations
Collana	SIGAR audit report
Soggetto topico	Public contracts - Afghanistan - Management - Evaluation Military assistance, American - Afghanistan Armed Forces - Equipment and supplies - Maintenance and repair Management - Evaluation Military assistance, American Public contracts - Management - Evaluation
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	Afghan National Army
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910707494303321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2020
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xiv, 128 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Soggetto topico	Railroads - United States - Commuting traffic - Finance Management - Evaluation Railroads - Commuting traffic - Finance
Soggetto genere / forma	Legislative hearings.
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	Amtrak now and into the future
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910714057103321

Autore	Wexler Steve <1958->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (433 pages) : illustrations, tables
Disciplina	658.4/038011
Collana	THEi Wiley ebooks
Soggetto topico	Dashboards (Management information systems) Organizational effectiveness - Evaluation Management - Evaluation
ISBN	1-119-28273-X 1-119-28278-0 1-119-28308-6
Classificazione	BUS007010
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	A Strong Foundation. Data Visualization: A Primer -- The Scenarios. Course Metrics Dashboard -- Comparing Individual Performance with Peers -- What-If Analysis: Wage Increase Ramifications -- Executive Sales Dashboard -- Ranking by Now, Comparing with Then -- Are We on Pace to Reach Our Goals? -- Multiple Key Performance Metrics -- Power Plant Operations Monitoring -- Showing Year-to-Date and Year-over-Year at the Same Time -- Premier League Player Performance Metrics -- RBS 6 Nations Championship Match Performance Analysis -- Web Analytics -- Patient History Analysis of Recent Hospital Admissions -- Hospitality Dashboard for Hotel Management -- Sentiment Analysis: Showing Overall Distribution -- Showing Sentiment with Net Promoter Score -- Server Process Monitoring -- Big Mac Index -- Complaints Dashboard -- Hospital Operating Room Utilization -- Showing Rank and Magnitude -- Measuring Claims across Multiple Measures and Dimensions -- Showing Churn or Turnover -- Showing Actual versus Potential Utilization -- Health Care Provider Productivity Monitoring -- Telecom Operator Executive Dashboard -- Economy at a Glance -- Call Center -- Succeeding in the Real World. Want to Engage People? Make Your Dashboards Personal -- Visualizing Time -- Beware the Dead-End Dashboard -- The Allure of Red and Green -- The Allure of Pies and Donuts -- Clouds and Bubbles -- A Journey into the Unknown -- Glossary of Chart Types.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910270876603321