Handbook on evaluation / edited by Reinhard Stockmann (Senior Professor of Sociology and Director, Center for Evaluation (CEval), Saarland University, Germany).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stockmann, Reinhard, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evaluation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Evaluation.

Quantitative research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Quantitative research.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"In this Handbook, Reinhard Stockmann and other esteemed experts in the field provide a systematic and comprehensive exploration into the planning, process, implementation and utilisation of evaluations. Covering the process and individual steps of evaluation in detail, in chronological order and in terms of practical application, this Handbook identifies the characteristics and standards that distinguish a professionally and competently conducted evaluation. The first chapters define the differing concepts of monitoring and quality management before exploring the organisational implementation of evaluations and how evaluations are embedded within their social and political contexts. The Handbook then lays out which evaluation designs, quantitative and qualitative data collection, management, measurement and analysis methods can be used, and under which conditions. It concludes with a summary of the forms of reporting to ensure that evaluation results are used optimally. A thorough overview of the dynamic and evolving field of evaluation, this Handbook is beneficial to students and scholars looking to innovate their research methods and evaluation techniques across public and social policy. It will also be valuable to those who conduct evaluations themselves, as well as decision-makers who commission evaluations, clients and users of evaluations and those who are evaluated"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

1. Introduction to the handbook on evaluation: What do we need evaluation for? / Reinhard Stockmann

2. An Introduction to evaluation / Reinhard Stockmann

3. Monitoring / Wolfgang Meyer and Niklas Zierke

4. Competing and complementary approaches to evaluation / Reinhard Stockmann

5. Organisational implementation of evaluations / Stefan Silvestrini

6. Social and political context of evaluation / Reinhard Stockmann

7. Evaluation designs / Wolfgang Meyer and Niklas Zierke

8. Measuring: Indicators - scales - indices - interpretations / Wolfgang Meyer

9. Data collection: Surveys - observations - non-reactive procedures / Wolfgang Meyer

10. Introduction to data management and data analysis / Niklas Zierke

11. Reporting / Laszlo Szentmarjay, Janis Wicke and Vera Hennefeld

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781035321483 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.