Structure -- Professional Program Evaluation -- Evaluation and Research -- Evaluation Definition -- A Confusion of Terms -- RECAP-Section A -- What Is Evaluation? -- Evaluation Purposes -- Gaining Additional Understanding -- Influences on Increased Understanding and Decision Making -- Need for Professional Evaluation -- RECAP-Section B -- Gaining Additional Understanding -- Time-Out: The RUPAS Case -- Case Study: The Rural Parents' Support Program -- Evaluator Settings / Nicole Eisenberg -- Who Are You? / Nicole Eisenberg -- Multiple Orientations to Doing Evaluation / Nicole Eisenberg -- My View / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section C / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Acquiring an Evaluation / Nicole Eisenberg -- Writing the Proposal / Nicole Eisenberg -- Preparing the Contract/Agreement / Nicole Eisenberg -- Developing the Budget / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section D / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Stakeholders, Not Audience / Nicole Eisenberg -- Who Are the Stakeholders? / Nicole Eisenberg -- Focus on Primary Stakeholders / Nicole Eisenberg -- Differences in Stakeholder Participation / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section E / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Cultural Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Credibility, Respect, and Trust / Nicole Eisenberg -- Some Practical Guidelines / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section F / Nicole Eisenberg -- Concluding Note / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- What Is a Program? / Nicole Eisenberg -- Learning about the Program / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section G / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Organizational Context / Nicole Eisenberg -- Community Context / Nicole Eisenberg -- Political Context / Nicole Eisenberg -- Impact on the Evaluation / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section H / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Logic Models / Nicole Eisenberg -- Why Is This Important? / Nicole Eisenberg -- Getting Started / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section 1 / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- What Motivates Evaluation? / Nicole Eisenberg -- What Kinds of Evaluation Questions Can Be Asked? / Nicole Eisenberg -- Getting Started on Defining Questions / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section J / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Types of Instruments for Collecting Quantitative Data / Nicole Eisenberg -- Finding Existing Instruments versus Developing New Ones / Nicole Eisenberg -- Measuring Achievement / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section K / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Developing New Instruments / Nicole Eisenberg -- Observations / Nicole Eisenberg -- Interviews and Focus Groups / Nicole Eisenberg -- Surveys and Questionnaires / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section L / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Again, Be Clear on the Questions / Nicole Eisenberg -- Focus of the Data / Nicole Eisenberg -- Program Participants / Nicole Eisenberg -- Program Staff / Nicole Eisenberg -- The Program / Nicole Eisenberg -- Selecting Individuals / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Data Access / Nicole Eisenberg -- Collecting Data / Nicole Eisenberg -- Quality of Data / Nicole Eisenberg -- Understanding the Organization's Viewpoints / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section M / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Stage of the Program / Nicole Eisenberg -- Resources / Nicole Eisenberg -- Nature of the Question / Nicole Eisenberg -- Standards for Judgment / Nicole Eisenberg -- Technical Issues / Nicole Eisenberg -- Ethical Concerns / Nicole Eisenberg -- Political Feasibility / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section N / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- The Evaluation Plan and Evaluation Design / Nicole Eisenberg -- Administrative Processes / Nicole Eisenberg -- Implementation Processes / Nicole Eisenberg -- Program Mechanisms / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section O / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Outcome Definition / Nicole Eisenberg -- The Evaluation Plan and Evaluation Design / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP 1-Section P / Nicole Eisenberg -- An Exercise to Assist Us / Nicole Eisenberg -- Toward Stronger Causal Models / Nicole Eisenberg -- Descriptive Designs / Nicole Eisenberg -- Intensive Case Study Design / Nicole Eisenberg -- Mixed Methods / Nicole Eisenberg -- Summary / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP 2-Section P / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Evaluation Activities: Past, Present, and Upcoming / Nicole Eisenberg -- The Written Evaluation Management Plan / Nicole Eisenberg -- Operational Management / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section Q / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Types of Data / Nicole Eisenberg -- Describing What's in Your Data Set / Nicole Eisenberg -- Measures of Central Tendency / Nicole Eisenberg -- Measures of Variability / Nicole Eisenberg -- Other Ways to Describe Your Data / Nicole Eisenberg -- Surprises in Your Data Set and How to Deal with Them / Nicole Eisenberg -- A Note on Population and Sample Statistics / Nicole Eisenberg -- Sampling / Nicole Eisenberg -- Appropriate Statistical Techniques / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section R / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Coding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Indexing / Nicole Eisenberg -- Memoing / Nicole Eisenberg -- Finding Patterns / Nicole Eisenberg -- Testing the Validity of the Analysis / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section S / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Difficulties in Valuing / Nicole Eisenberg -- Valuing in a Formative Context / Nicole Eisenberg -- "Valuing" Redefined / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section T / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Communication / Nicole Eisenberg -- Issues Related to Reporting / Nicole Eisenberg -- The Final Written Report / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP 1-Section U / Nicole Eisenberg -- Data Visualization Helps / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP 2-Section U / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- A Word about "Use" / Nicole Eisenberg -- What Is Use? / Nicole Eisenberg -- What Can You Do? / Nicole Eisenberg -- Guard against Misuse / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section V / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Judging an Evaluation / Nicole Eisenberg -- The Program Evaluation Standards / Nicole Eisenberg -- American Evaluation Association Guiding Principles for Evaluators / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section W / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis / Nicole Eisenberg -- Cost-Benefit Analysis / Nicole Eisenberg -- Cost-Utility / Nicole Eisenberg -- Single Outcome / Nicole Eisenberg -- Multiple Outcomes / Nicole Eisenberg -- And Now to Costs / Nicole Eisenberg -- How to Determine Cost / Nicole Eisenberg -- RECAP-Section X / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Historical Perspective / Nicole Eisenberg -- My Prescriptive Theory / Nicole Eisenberg -- The Research Origins of My Thinking / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- Getting Feedback on Evaluation / Nicole Eisenberg -- Taking Full Advantage of This Book / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Evaluation Expertise Beyond This Book / Nicole Eisenberg -- Gaining Additional Understanding / Nicole Eisenberg -- By "Unknown Student" / Nicole Eisenberg.
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