Credibility, validity, and assumptions in program evaluation methodology. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Apollo M. Nkwake ; with a foreword by John Mayne.
• Authors: Nkwake, Apollo M
• Contents: Chapter 1. Constituents of Evaluation Practice -- Chapter 2. Credible Methodology -- Chapter 3. Validity in Framing an Evaluation?s Purpose and Questions -- Chapter 4. Validity in Evaluation Designs and Methods -- Chapter 5. Validity in Measures and Data Collection -- Chapter 6. Validity in Analysis, Interpretation, and Conclusions -- Chapter 7. Validity in Evaluation Utilization -- Chapter 8. Validity in Performance Measurement -- Chapter 9. Evaluation of Methodological Assumptions: A Metaevaluation -- Chapter 10. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 166 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 001.4; Social sciences; Evaluation -- Methodology; REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers; Evaluation -- Methodology; Social Sciences; Social Work; Industrial Organization; Business & Economics -- Industrial Management; Economics of industrial organisation; Social work; Industrial organization; Social Science -- Social Work; Social work; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319190211; 3319190210; 3319190202; 9783319190204
• Related ISBNs: 9783319190204
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 18, 2015).
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