Contemporary Trends in Evaluation Research

Herausgeber: Coryn, Chris L S; Westine, Carl

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Four-Volume Set edition
• Seitenzahl: 1600
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 266mm x 131mm x 101mm
• Gewicht: 3239g
• ISBN-13: 9781446266373
• ISBN-10: 1446266370
• Artikelnr.: 40550845

Inhaltsangabe

Volume One
Part One: Contemporary Trends
Section One: Research on Evaluation Theory, Method, and Practice
Advancing Empirical Scholarship to Further Develop Evaluation Theory and
Practice - Christina Christie
Developing Standards for Empirical Examinations of Evaluation Theory -
Robin Miller
Research on Evaluation: A Needs Assessment - Michael Szanyi, Tarek Azzam
and Matthew Galen
Taking Stock of Empowerment Evaluation: An Empirical Review - Robin Miller
and Rebecca Campbell
Designing Evaluations: A Study Examining Preferred Evaluation Designs of
Educational Evaluators - Tarek Azzam and Michael Szanyi
A Systematic Review of Theory-Driven Evaluation Practice from 1990 to 2009
- Chris Coryn, Lindsay Noakes, Carl Westine and Daniela Schröter
Evaluator Characteristics and Methodological Choice - Tarek Azzam
Research on Evaluation Use: A Review of the Empirical Literature from 1986
to 2005 - Kelli Johnson, Lija Greenseid, Stacie Toal, Jean King, Frances
Lawrenz and Boris Volkov
Evaluation Use: Results from a Survey of U.S. American Evaluation
Association Members - Dreolin Fleischer and Christina Christie
Going through the Process: An Examination of the Operationalization of
Process Use in Empirical Research on Evaluation - Courtney Amo and J.
Bradley Cousins
An Empirical Examination of Validity in Evaluation - Laura Peck, Yushim Kim
and Joanna Lucio
Part Two: Emerging Issues
Section One: Visualizing Evaluation Data
Data Visualization and Evaluation - Tarek Azzam, Stephanie Evergreen, Amy
Germuth and Susan Kistler
GIS in Evaluation: Utilizing the Power of Geographic Information Systems to
Represent Evaluation Data - Tarek Azzam and David Robinson
Section Two: Communication
Unlearning Some of Our Social Scientist Habits - E. Jane Davidson
Reconceptualizing Evaluator Roles - Gary Skoltis, Jennifer Morrow and Erin
Burr
Volume Two
Part One: Methodological Developments
Section One: Perspectives on Validity
Validity Frameworks for Outcome Evaluation - Huey Chen, Stewart Donaldson
and Melvin Mark
Reframing Validity in Research and Evaluation: A Multidimensional,
Systematic Model of Valid Inference - George Julnes
Recommendations for Practice: Justifying Claims of Generalizability - Larry
Hedges
Section Two: Perspectives on Causality
Campbell and Rubin: A Primer and Comparison of Their Approaches to Causal
Inference in Field Settings - William Shadish
Contemporary Thinking about Causation in Evaluation: A Dialogue with Tom
Cook and Michael Scriven - Thomas Cook, Michael Scriven, Chris Coryn and
Stephanie Evergreen
Campbell's and Rubin's Perspectives on Causal Inference - Stephen West and
Felix Thoemmes
Evaluating Methods for Estimating Program Effects - Charles Reichardt
Reflections Stimulated by the Comments of Shadish (2010) and West &
Thoemmes (2010) - Donald Rubin
An Economist's Perspective on Shadish (2010) and West and Thoemmes (2010) -
Guido Imbens
Part Two: Empirical Developments
Section One: Quasi-Experiments that Resemble Experiments`
Three Conditions under Which Experiments and Observational Studies Produce
Comparable Causal Estimates: New Findings from Within-Study Comparisons -
Thomas Cook, William Shadish and Vivian Wong
Can Nonrandomized Experiments Yield Accurate Answers? A Randomized
Experiment Comparing Random and Nonrandom Assignments - William Shadish,
M.H. Clark and Peter Steiner
Comment: The Design and Analysis of Gold Standard Randomized Experiments -
Donald Rubin
Rejoinder - William Shadish, M.H. Clark and Peter Steiner
An Assessment of Propensity Score Matching as a Nonexperimental Impact
Estimator: Evidence from Mexico's PROGRESA Program - Juan Diaz and
Sudhanshu Handa
Examining the Internal Validity and Statistical Precision of the
Comparative Interrupted Time Series Design by Comparison with a Randomized
Experiment - Travis St. Clair, Thomas Cook and Kelly Hallberg
Section Two: Improving the Design of Cluster-Randomized Trials
Emergent Principles for the Design, Implementation, and Analysis of
Cluster-based Experiments in Social Science - Thomas Cook
Using Covariates to Improve Precision for Studies That Randomize Schools to
Evaluate Educational Interventions - Howard Bloom, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes
and Alison Black
Strategies for Improving Precision in Group-Randomized Experiments -
Stephen Raudenbush, Andres Martinez and Jessaca Spybrook
New Empirical Evidence for the Design of Group Randomized Trials in
Education - Robin Jacob, Pei Zhu and Howard Bloom
Intraclass Correlations and Covariate Outcome Correlations for Planning
Two- and Three-Level Cluster-Randomized Experiments in Education - Larry
Hedges and Eric Hedberg
The Implications of "Contamination" for Experimental Design in Education -
Christopher Rhoads
Stratified Sampling Using Cluster Analysis: A Sample Selection Strategy for
Improved Generalizations from Experiments - Elizabeth Tipton
Volume Three
Part One: Developments in Qualitative Methods
Section One: Advances in Qualitative Analysis Techniques
A General Inductive Approach for Analyzing Qualitative Evaluation Data -
David Thomas
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Related Systematic Comparative
Methods: Recent Advances and Remaining Challenges for Social Science
Research - Benoît Rihoux
A New Realistic Evaluation Analysis Method: Linked Coding of Context,
Mechanism, and Outcome Relationships - Suzanne Jackson and Gillian Kolla
A Proposed Model for the Analysis and Interpretation of Focus Groups in
Evaluation Research - Oliver Massey
Part Two: Developments in Mixed Methods
Section One: Defining Mixed Methods
Mixed Methods Research: A Research Paradigm Whose Time Has Come - R. Burke
Johnson and Anthony Onwuegbuzie
Toward a Methodology of Mixed Methods Social Inquiry - Jennifer Greene
Toward a Definition of Mixed Methods Research - R. Burke Johnson, Anthony
Onwuegbuzie and Lisa Turner
Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Research: How Is It Done? - Alan
Bryman
Is Mixed Methods Social Inquiry a Distinctive Methodology? - Jennifer
Greene
Putting the MIXED Back Into Quantitative and Qualitative Research in
Educational Research and Beyond: Moving toward the Radical Middle - Anthony
Onwuegbuzie
Section Two: Mixed Methods Typologies
A General Typology of Research Designs Featuring Mixed Methods - Charles
Teddlie and Abbas Tashakkori
Conducting Mixed Analyses: A General Typology - Anthony Onwuegbuzie et al.
A Typology Of Mixed Methods Research Designs - Nancy Leech and Anthony
Onwuegbuzie
Section Three: Mixed Methods in Practice
Transformative Paradigm: Mixed Methods and Social Justice - Donna Mertens
Grounded Theory in Practice: Is It Inherently a Mixed Method? - R. Burke
Johnson, Marilyn McGowan and Lisa Turner
Communities of Practice: A Research Paradigm for the Mixed Methods Approach
- Martyn Denscombe
A Theory-Driven Evaluation Perspective on Mixed Methods Research - Huey
Chen
Mixed Methods and Credibility of Evidence in Evaluation - Donna Mertens and
Sharlene Hesse-Biber
Guidelines for Conducting and Reporting Mixed Research in the Field of
Counseling and Beyond - Nancy Leech and Anthony Onwuegbuzie
The Validity Issue in Mixed Research - Anthony Onwuegbuzie and R. Burke
Johnson
Mixed Data Analysis: Advanced Integration Techniques - Anthony Onwuegbuzie
et al.
Volume Four
Part One: Enduring Issues of Evaluation Practice
Section One: Metaevaluation
Quality, Context, and Use: Issues in Achieving the Goals of Metaevaluation
- Leslie Cooksy and Valerie Caracelli
Concurrent Meta-Evaluation: A Critique - Carl Hanssen, Franz Lawrenz and
Diane Dunet
Metaevaluation in Practice: Selection and Application of Criteria - Leslie
Cooksy and Valerie Caracelli
Evaluating the Quality of Self-Evaluations: The (Mis)match between Internal
and External Meta-Evaluation - Jan Vanhoof and Peter Van Petegem
Meta-Evaluation Revisited - Michael Scriven
Section Two: Ethics
Expanding the Conversation on Evaluation Ethics - Thomas Schwandt
The Good, the Bad, and the Evaluator: 25 Years of AJE Ethics - Michael
Morris
Ethics and Development Evaluation: Introduction - Patrick Grasso
Everyday Ethics: Reflections on Practice - Gretchen Rossman and Sharon
Rallis
Nonparticipant to Participant: A Methodological Perspective on Ethics -
Scott Rosas
Section Three: Using Program Theory in Evaluation
Constructing Theories of Change: Methods and Sources - Paul Mason and
Marian Barnes
Unpacking Black Boxes: Mechanisms and Theory Building in Evaluation - Brad
Astbury and Frans Leeuw
Using Programme Theory to Evaluate Complicated and Complex Aspects of
Interventions - Patricia Rogers
Part Two: Enduring Issues of Evaluation Training
Section One: Evaluation Capacity Building/Development
A Research Synthesis on the Evaluation Capacity Building Literature - Susan
Labin, Jennifer Duffy, Duncan Meyers, Abraham Wandersman and Catherine
Lesene
A Multidisciplinary Model of Evaluation Capacity Building - Hallie Preskill
and Shanelle Boyle
Measuring Evaluation Capacity - Results and Implications of a Danish Study
- Steffen Nielsen, Sebastian Lemire and Majbritt Skov
A Self-Assessment Procedure for Use in Evaluation Training - Daniel
Stufflebeam and Lori Wingate
Section Two: Evaluator Competence
Establishing Essential Competencies for Program Evaluators - Laurie
Stevahn, Jean King, Gail Ghere and Jane Minnema
Evaluator Competencies: What's Taught versus What's Sought - Jennifer
Dewey, Bianca Montrosse, Daniela Schröter, Carolyn Sullins and John Mattox
II
A Conversation on Cultural Competence in Evaluation - Joseph Trimble, Ed
Trickett, Celia Fisher and Leslie Goodyear
Development and Validation of the Cultural Competence of Program Evaluators
(CCPE) Self-Report Scale - Krystall Dunaway, Jennifer Morrow and Bryan
Porter
Emphasizing Cultural Competence in Evaluation: A Process-Oriented Approach
- Luba Botcheva, Johanna Shih and Lynne Huffman