02955cam a22004454a 4500 34482 34482 BJBSDDR 20230410105327.0 ta 000706s2000 cau b 001 0 eng 0787948020 (acidfree paper) 9780787948023 DLC DLC eng eng pcc H 97 M345e 2000 361.6/1/0684 Mark, Melvin M., 1953- Evaluation : an integrated framework for understanding, guiding, and improving policies and programs / Melvin M. Mark, Gary T. Henry, George Julnes. 1st ed. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2000. xv, 400 pages ; 24 cm. Jossey-Bass nonprofit and public management series Errata slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-371) and index. Part 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 Presents 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 Policy sciences. Evaluation research (Social action programs) Social policy Evaluation. Ciencias políticas 4423 Investigaciones evaluativas (Programas de acción social) 18624 Política social Evaluación 26720 Henry, Gary T., 26721 1953- Julnes, George David, 1954-2021 26722 Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley034/00010232.html Table of Contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix06/00010232.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2018-10-24 0 H 97 M345e 2000 00000021178 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 BK