Statistical tools for program evaluation : methods and applications to economic policy, public health, and education /: methods and applications to economic policy, public health, and education. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jean-Michel Josselin, Benoît Le Maux.
• Authors: Josselin, Jean-Michel; Le Maux, Benoît
• Contents: Statistical tools for program evaluation: introduction and overview -- Part I. Identifying the context of the program -- Sampling and construction of variables -- Descriptive statistics and interval estimation -- Measuring and visualizing associations -- Econometric analysis -- Estimation of welfare changes -- Part II. Ex ante evaluation -- Financial appraisal -- Budget impact analysis -- Cost benefit analysis -- Cost effectiveness analysis -- Multi-criteria decision analysis -- Part III. Ex post evaluation -- Project follow-up by benchmarking -- Randomized controlled experiments -- Quasi-experiments.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 531 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 361.6; Economics; Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- Statistical methods; Economic policy -- Evaluation -- Statistical methods; Public health -- Evaluation -- Statistical methods; Educational evaluation -- Statistical methods; Management science; Public finance; Statistics; Public policy; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services; Educational evaluation -- Statistical methods; Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- Statistical methods; Public health -- Evaluation -- Statistical methods; Medical -- Public Health; Business & Economics -- Statistics; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Social Science -- Statistics; Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Public health & preventive medicine; Probability & statistics; Public administration; Social research & statistics; Educational strategies & policy; Business & Economics -- Public Finance; Public finance; Economics; Public Economics; Public Health; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance; Public Policy; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law; Educational Policy and Politics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319528274; 3319528270
• Related ISBNs: 9783319528267
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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