PREFACE
PROGRAM EVALUATION: A PRELUDE
A Reader's Guide to Chapter 1
What Is Program Evaluation?
Users and Doers of Evaluations
The Composition of Evaluation
Baseline Data, Interim Data (Formative Evaluation), and Process Evaluations
Participatory and Community-Based Evaluations
Evaluation Frameworks and Models
A Note about The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)
Summary and Transition to Chapter on Evaluation Questions and Standards of Effectiveness
EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND STANDARDS OF EFFECTIVENESS
A Reader's Guide to Chapter 2
Setting Standards of Effectiveness: What they are and How to State Them
Evaluation Standards and Economic Evaluations
Evaluation Questions and Standards: Establishing a Healthy Relationship
The QSV Report: Questions, Standards, Variables
Summary and Transition to Next Chapter on Evaluation Research Design
DESIGNING PROGRAM EVALUATIONS
A Reader's Guide to Chapter 3
Evaluation Design: Creating the Structure
Questions to Ask When Designing Evaluations
Dealing with Six Questions
A Classification of Program Evaluation Designs
Internal and External Validity
Evaluation Design Report: Questions, Standards, and Independent Variables
Summary and Transition to Next Chapter on Sampling
SAMPLING : CHOOSING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE NEEDED FOR EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS
A Reader's Guide to Chapter 4
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria or Eligibility
Summary and Transition to Next Chapter on Information Collection
COLLECTING INFORMATION: THE RIGHT DATA SOURCES
A Reader's Guide to Chapter 5
Information Sources: What's the Problem?
Choosing the Best Source of Data
Sources of Data in Program Evaluation and Their Advantages and Limitations
Reasons for Evaluators' Use of the Literature
Summary and Transition to the Next Chapter on Evaluation Measures
Exercise: Collecting Information: The Right Data Sources
EVALUATION MEASURES
A Reader's Guide to Chapter 6
A Note on Language and Evaluation Measures
Checklist for Creating a New Measure
Checklist for Selecting an Already Existing Measure
The Measurement Chart: Logical Connections
Summary and Transition to the Next Chapter on Managing Evaluation Data
MANAGING EVALUATION DATA
A Reader's Guide to Chapter 7
Data Management: The Road to Data Analysis
Drafting an Analysis Plan
Searching for Missing Data
Creating the Final Dataset for Analysis
Storing and Archiving the Dataset
ANALYZING EVALUATION DATA
A Reader's Guide to Chapter 8
A Suitable Analysis: Starting With the Evaluation Questions
Measurement Scales and Their Data
Selecting a Method of Analysis
Hypothesis Testing, P Values, and Confidence Intervals: Statistical and Clinical or Practical Significance
Clinical or Practical Significance: Using Confidence Intervals
Proceed With Caution: Screening and Transforming Data
Qualitative Evaluation Data: Content Analysis
Meta-Analysis: A Superanalysis of Evaluation Data
Summary and Transition to the Next Chapter on Evaluation Reports
EVALUATION REPORTS
A Reader's Guide to Chapter 8
The Written Evaluation Report
Written Evaluation Reports: What Should They Include?
ANSWERS TO EXERCISES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
