How to focus an evaluation - Stecher, Brian M.; Davis, W. Alan (William Alan); Morris, Lynn Lyons (Newbury Park, Calif. Sage Publications, 1987)
1. Thinking about the focusing process -- A framework for focusing an evaluation -- Elements of the focusing process -- Existing beliefs and expectations -- Gathering information -- Formulating an evaluation plan -- 2. Thinking about client concerns and evaluation approaches -- Client needs and expectations -- Evaluation approaches -- The experimental approach -- The goal-oriented approach -- The decision-focused approach -- The user-oriented approach -- The responsive approach -- Comparing approaches to evaluation -- Clarifying your own approach to evaluation -- 3. How to gather information -- What is the program? -- Why is the evaluation being conducted? -- What constraints limit the evaluation? -- Tailoring additional information-gathering to the evaluation approach -- The experimental approach -- The goal-oriented approach -- The decision-focused approach -- The user-oriented approach -- The responsive approach -- 4. How to formulate an evaluation plan -- What is an evaluation plan? -- Formulating a plan -- The evaluation information matrix -- Techniques for working with groups.
Rev. ed. of: How to deal with goals and objectives / Lynn Lyons Morris, Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon. c1978.
Keywords: Evaluation research (Social action programs); Research; Program Evaluation