| Edition |
4th ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 468 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Previously published under the title: Evaluation in the human services. ©2001. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Preparing for an evaluation. Becoming an accountable practitioner -- Approaches to accountability -- Designing client-centered programs -- Getting prepared for an evaluation -- pt. 2. Doing an evaluation. Doing a needs assessment -- Doing a process evaluation -- Doing an outcome evaluation -- Doing an efficiency evaluation -- pt. 3. Gathering data and making decisions. Measuring practice and program objectives -- Data sources, sampling, and data collection methods -- Developing a data information system -- Using graphics to report evaluation results -- Analyzing qualitative data -- Making decisions with data -- pt. 4. Knowing the contexts of evaluations. Evaluation politics, ethics, and standards -- Culturally appropriate evaluations -- Writing grant proposals. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Social work practice is founded upon the linkage between the objectives and goals of clients, programs, and agencies. This book provides an introduction to program evaluation couched within the quantitative and qualitative traditions - the two approaches commonly used to generate relevant social work knowledge. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human services -- Evaluation.
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Human services -- Evaluation. |
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Human services. |
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Human services -- Evaluation -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Gabor, Peter (Sociologist)
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Grinnell, Richard M.
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Unrau, Yvonne A.
Evaluation in the human services.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Unrau, Yvonne A. Evaluation in social work. 4th ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 0195308069 (DLC) 2006003814 (OCoLC)63679980 |
| ISBN |
9780198042099 (electronic book) |
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0198042094 (electronic book) |
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0195308069 |
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9780195308068 (paperback) |
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