Evaluation Techniques for Difficult to Measure Programs
Author: Javan B. Ridge
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781453578957
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Performance-Based Evaluation
Author: Judith Hale
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2002-08-23
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780787960353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you are an experienced trainer, an instructional designer, a specialist in performance improvement, or a manager responsible for learning and performance, Performance-Based Evaluation . . . offers you the proven tools and information to evaluate programs and people performance. Filled with real-world examples, this practical resource will help you to determine what to do and (just as important) what not to do. Performance-Based Evaluation contains a wealth of information including: Suggestions on how to measure both hard and soft skills Guidance on measuring required and mandated programs Ideas for measuring elective training and employee relations programs Procedures for comparing different delivery systems Information on how to sample people and documents Tips for both collecting data and information on analyzing data using descriptive and inferential statistics In addition, the book includes a CD-ROM with customizable and reproducible job aids, charts, and exercises.
Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement
Author: James C. McDavid
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2012-10-25
Total Pages: 561
ISBN-13: 145228959X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProgram Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice, Second Edition offers an accessible, practical introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations, and has been extensively updated since the first edition. Using examples, it covers topics in a detailed fashion, making it a useful guide for students as well as practitioners who are participating in program evaluations or constructing and implementing performance measurement systems. Authors James C. McDavid, Irene Huse, and Laura R. L. Hawthorn guide readers through conducting quantitative and qualitative program evaluations, needs assessments, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses, as well as constructing, implementing and using performance measurement systems. The importance of professional judgment is highlighted throughout the book as an intrinsic feature of evaluation practice.
Evaluating AIDS Prevention Programs
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1991-02-01
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 030904281X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith insightful discussion of program evaluation and the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control, this book presents a set of clear-cut recommendations to help ensure that the substantial resources devoted to the fight against AIDS will be used most effectively. This expanded edition of Evaluating AIDS Prevention Programs covers evaluation strategies and outcome measurements, including a realistic review of the factors that make evaluation of AIDS programs particularly difficult. Randomized field experiments are examined, focusing on the use of alternative treatments rather than placebo controls. The book also reviews nonexperimental techniques, including a critical examination of evaluation methods that are observational rather than experimentalâ€"a necessity when randomized experiments are infeasible.
The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook
Author: Jack E. Edwards
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2003-07-22
Total Pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9780761923961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook is the first book to present state-of-the-art procedures for evaluating and improving human resources programs. Editors Jack E. Edwards, John C. Scott, and Nambury S. Raju provide a user-friendly yet scientifically rigorous "how to" guide to organizational program-evaluation. Integrating perspectives from a variety of human resources and organizational behavior programs, a wide array of contributing professors, consultants, and governmental personnel successfully link scientific information to practical application. Designed for academics and graduate students in industrial-organizational psychology, human resources management, and business, the handbook is also an essential resource for human resources professionals, consultants, and policy makers.
Handbook of Training Evaluation and Measurement Methods
Author: Jack J. Phillips
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-08-21
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 1136010424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new, third edition of Jack Phillips's classic Handbook of Training Evaluation and Measurement Methods shows the reader not only how to design, implement, and assess the effectiveness of HRD programs, but how to ultimately measure their return on investment (ROI). Each chapter has been revised and updated to include additional research, expanded coverage, and new examples of Dr. Phillips's case studies. Seven entirely new chapters have also been added, focusing largely on ROI.
Thinking about Program Evaluation
Author: Richard A. Berk
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780761917656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough the use of specific examples to illustrate evaluation research goals and methods, this book provides readers with an overview of the science and politics of evaluation research. The Second Edition includes coverage of meta-analysis, selection models and instrumental variables.
Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation
Author: James D. Kirkpatrick
Publisher: Association for Talent Development
Published: 2016-10-01
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 1607281023
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA timely update to a timeless model. Don Kirkpatrick's groundbreaking Four Levels of Training Evaluation is the most widely used training evaluation model in the world. Ask any group of trainers whether they rely on the model's four levels Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results in their practice, and you'll get an enthusiastic affirmation. But how many variations of Kirkpatrick are in use today? And what number of misassumptions and faulty practices have crept in over 60 years? The reality is: Quite a few. James and Wendy Kirkpatrick have written Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation to set the record straight. Delve into James and Wendy's new findings that, together with Don Kirkpatrick's work, create the New World Kirkpatrick Model, a powerful training evaluation methodology that melds people with metrics. In Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation, discover a comprehensive blueprint for implementing the model in a way that truly maximizes your business's results. Using these innovative concepts, principles, techniques, and case studies, you can better train people, improve the way you work, and, ultimately, help your organization meet its most crucial goals.
Public Program Evaluation
Author: Laura Langbein
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-07-08
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1315497883
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
Instruments & Evaluation Designs Used in Gifted Programs
Author: Carolyn M. Callahan
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 0788188259
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDocuments practices in the evaluation of gifted programs and on investigating the factors which make evaluation more useful to the decision-maker. Explores the validity of the assertions made in the literature about evaluations of programs for the gifted, analyzes current evaluation literature for generic guidelines for effective evaluations, and studies the utility of evaluations of programs for the gifted with the intent of providing more specific guidelines for decision makes in the construction of evaluation designs, implementation of the evaluation process, and utilization of evaluation results. Includes "Guidelines for Evaluating Gifted Programs" .
