Small-Scale Evaluation: Principles and Practice

✍ Scribed by Professor Colin Robson

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 167
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

How can evaluation be used most effectively, and what are the strengths and weaknesses of the various methods? Colin Robson provides guidance in a clear and uncluttered way. The issue of collaboration is examined step-by-step; stakeholder models are compared with techniques such as participatory evaluation and practitioner-centred action research; ethical and political considerations are placed in context; and the best ways of communicating findings are discussed. Each chapter is illustrated with helpful exercises to show the practical application of the issues covered, making this an invaluable introduction for anyone new to evaluation.

✦ Table of Contents

COVER
......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
1EVALUATION: THE WHAT AND THE WHY......Page 19
2 THE ADVANTAGES OF COLLABORATION......Page 28
3 ETHICAL AND POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 41
4 DESIGNS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES......Page 58
5 GETTING ANSWERS TO EVALUATION QUESTIONS......Page 92
6 SOME PRACTICALITIES......Page 119
7 COMMUNICATING THE FINDINGS......Page 134
APPENDIX A: NEEDS ANALYSIS......Page 140
APPENDIX B: EFFICIENCY (COST AND BENEFIT) ANALYSIS......Page 149
APPENDIX C: CODE OF ETHICS......Page 154
REFERENCES AND AUTHOR INDEX......Page 157
INDEX......Page 164