Evaluation Research
Why conduct evaluation research?
Applied vs. Basic Research
Politics of Program Evaluation
Barriers to utilization of results
Reducing Resistance
Formative Evaluation
More Examples of Formative Evaluation
Needs Assessment/Feasibility Studies/Front end analyses
Conducting Needs Assessments
Analyzing Costs & Benefits
Efficiency studies, aka...
Program monitoring
What do you monitor?
Sample program monitoring ?s
Recommended Approaches to program evaluation
Quality Assurance
Summative studies evaluate--
Summative Evaluations
Outcome studies seek high I.V.
Author: Ronnie Mahler
Email: mahlerre@buffalostate.edu