Evaluation Research
Evaluation Research

Author: Alan Clarke

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1999-12-07

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780761950950

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Providing students and practitioners with a comprehensive introduction to evaluation research, this book shows how social research methods and methodologies can be applied in a variety of evaluation contexts. The author: - illustrates the contribution both quantitative and qualitative methods can make to evaluation; - stresses the important part played by theory in the evaluation enterprise; - introduces some of the conceptual, methodological and practical problems encountered when undertaking this type of applied research, especially in the areas of criminal justice, health care and education.

User Interface Inspection Methods
User Interface Inspection Methods

Author: Chauncey Wilson

Publisher: Newnes

Published: 2013-11-15

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 0124104487

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User Interface Inspection Methods succinctly covers five inspection methods: heuristic evaluation, perspective-based user interface inspection, cognitive walkthrough, pluralistic walkthrough, and formal usability inspections. Heuristic evaluation is perhaps the best-known inspection method, requiring a group of evaluators to review a product against a set of general principles. The perspective-based user interface inspection is based on the principle that different perspectives will find different problems in a user interface. In the related persona-based inspection, colleagues assume the roles of personas and review the product based on the needs, background, tasks, and pain points of the different personas. The cognitive walkthrough focuses on ease of learning. Most of the inspection methods do not require users; the main exception is the pluralistic walkthrough, in which a user is invited to provide feedback while members of a product team listen, observe the user, and ask questions. After reading this book, you will be able to use these UI inspection methods with confidence and certainty.

Alternatives in Assessment of Achievements, Learning Processes and Prior Knowledge
Alternatives in Assessment of Achievements, Learning Processes and Prior Knowledge

Author: Menucha Birenbaum

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 9401106576

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Achievement assessment has undergone a major shift, from what some call a `culture of testing' to a `culture of assessment'. Nowadays, a strong emphasis is placed on the integration of assessment and instruction, on assessing processes rather than just products, and on evaluating individual progress relative to each student's starting point. This book addresses assessment issues in light of the present state of affairs. The first part discusses new alternatives in the assessment of achievement in various subject areas, focusing on agenda, practice, impact and evaluation of the assessment. The second part deals with issues related to assessment of the learning process, specifically: questions concerning the assessment of individual differences in prior knowledge, learning skills and strategies.

The Evaluation Handbook for Health Professionals
The Evaluation Handbook for Health Professionals

Author: Anne Lazenbatt

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780415248570

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This handbook is designed to meet the needs of the growing number of health professionals who are engaged in processes of evaluation in a variety of contexts within the world of healthcare.

Evaluating for Good Practice
Evaluating for Good Practice

Author: Angela Everitt

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1996-11-11

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1349133043

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With the changing political economy of social welfare, evaluation has become prevalent in the personal social services and voluntary sector organisations. This text argues that rational-technical and pluralist models of evaluation may collude with new managerialism to act as powerful processes of control. Alternative critical models of evaluation, which take account of power, are explored, so as to enable practitioners to take responsibility for evaluating practice, both in order to inhibit poor, or even corrupt, practice, and to promote good practice.

Evaluation for the Real World
Evaluation for the Real World

Author: Colin Palfrey

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1847429149

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This valuable book examines the development of evaluation and its impact on public policy by analysing evaluation frameworks and criteria which are available when evaluating public policies and services.

Routledge Library Editions: Multinationals
Routledge Library Editions: Multinationals

Author: Various Authors

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-07-30

Total Pages: 2186

ISBN-13: 1351984101

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The volumes in this set, originally published between 1955 and 1993, draw together research by leading academics in the area of multinationals and provides a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volumes examine foreign investment and currency translation, environmental control issues and the impact of multinationals on the British economy. This set will be of particular interest to students of business studies.

Evaluating Social Work Effectiveness
Evaluating Social Work Effectiveness

Author: Cheetham, Juliet

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 1992-10-01

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0335190057

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Social work has an impact on large numbers of citizens through its services for children and families, elderly people, those with mental or physical health problems and offenders. It also provokes much criticism; its effectiveness is questioned and there are increasing demands for this to be demonstrated. This text discusses how this task may be tackled and explores possibilities for evaluative research in contexts which are often not considered feasible for such enquiry. Paying particular attention to the diverse and complex functions of social work, the book reviews the implications for choosing and adapting research methodologies, emphasizes the importance of identifying the process of social work as well as its outcomes and distinguishes between the identification of effectiveness and its evaluation. It also describes the various means of dissemination which are necessary if research is to influence policy and practice. The book, which gives many examples of research in action, draws on evaluative research in Britain and the US and also on the experience of the Social Work Research Centre. It has been written for researchers, managers, practitioners and students with responsibilities to undertake or to understand the systematic evaluation of social work.

Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy
Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy

Author: Mick Cooper

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2010-11-15

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1446259811

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Mick Cooper and John McLeod pioneer a major new framework for counselling theory, practice and research - the ′pluralistic′ approach. This model breaks away from the orientation-specific way in which counselling has traditionally been taught, reflecting and responding to shifts in counselling and psychotherapy training. As accessible and engaging as ever, Cooper and McLeod argue that there is no one right way of doing therapy and that different clients need different things at different times. By identifying and demonstrating the application of a range of therapeutic methods, the book outlines a flexible framework for practice within which appropriate methods can be selected depending on the client′s individual needs and the therapist′s knowledge and experience. This is a must-read for anybody training or practising in the counselling or helping professions - it should not be missed!