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Parsons, David, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Demystifying Evaluation : Practical Approaches for Researchers and Users / David Parsons. Bristol : Policy Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (216 p.) : 18 Black and White text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Social Research Association Shorts Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of examples -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Compilation: Setting the Right Foundations -- Composition: Designing for Needs -- Conducting Process Evaluation -- Conducting Economic Evaluation -- Conducting Impact Evaluation -- Analysis, Reporting and Communications -- Emerging Challenges for Evaluation and Evaluators -- References -- Annex A: The ROTUR framework for managing evaluation expectations -- Annex B: Ready reckoner guide to experimentation choices in impact evaluation -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Social research practitioners and others working in the public and voluntary sectors, in academia and consultancy are increasingly under pressure to provide policy-related evidence with limited resources and rising expectations. Demystifying evaluation is an accessible introductory guide setting the foundations for tackling those challenges, explaining the options open to evaluators, their merits and uses, and how to make appropriate choices of research methods. Drawing on his experience of policy and programme evaluations for the public sector and outside, David Parsons provides a practical roadmap cutting across different evaluation theories. He covers issues such as managing expectations of evaluation, using and mixing quantitative and qualitative methods, engaging stakeholders and providing action-orientated approaches to help end-users. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023) Social service Evaluation. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 9783111196633 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781447333913 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781447333913/original |
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