02673cam a22003974a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020003200069020001800101040001800119041000800137042000800145050002100153082001700174100003000191245015500221250001200376260004200388300002800430440005600458500002600514504006400540505048000604520073401084650002101818650004901839650003101888650002501919650006301944650003802007700002902045700003902074856008802113856007402201BJBSDDR20230410105327.0ta000706s2000 cau b 001 0 eng  a0787948020 (acidfree paper) a9780787948023 aDLCcDLCbeng aeng apcc14aH 97bM345e 200000a361.6/1/06841 aMark, Melvin M., d1953- 10aEvaluation :ban integrated framework for understanding, guiding, and improving policies and programs /cMelvin M. Mark, Gary T. Henry, George Julnes. a1st ed. aSan Francisco :bJossey-Bass,cc2000. axv, 400 pages ;c24 cm. 0aJossey-Bass nonprofit and public management series  aErrata slip inserted. aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-371) and index. aPart one: Social betterment through evaluation Introducing a framework for evaluation Understanding social betterment and the role of values in evaluation Defining evaluation purposes Specifying inquiry modes Part two: Linking betterment, evaluation practice, and realism Planning evaluations Integrating realism and assisted sensemaking Part three: Four inquiry modes Description Classification Causal analysis Values inquiry Conclusion: Meeting the challenges of evaluation aPresents a theory of evaluation as assisted sense-making, with social betterment as its ultimate objective. Mark (psychology, Pennsylvania State U.) and two co-authors analyze four purposes of evaluation: to review the merit of programs and their value to society, to improve the organization and its services, to ensure program compliance with mandates, and to build knowledge and expertise for future programs. One chapter is devoted to each of four key modes of inquiry: description, classification, causal analysis, and values inquiry. Note: the publisher has changed the subtitle; some copies show the old subtitle: Improving public and nonprofit policies and programs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR 0aPolicy sciences. 0aEvaluation research (Social action programs) 0aSocial policyxEvaluation. 4aCiencias políticas 4aInvestigaciones evaluativas (Programas de acción social) 4aPolítica social xEvaluación 1 aHenry, Gary T., d1953- 1 aJulnes, George David, d1954-2021 423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley034/00010232.html4 3Table of Contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix06/00010232.html