Small-Scale Evaluation

Chapter 1: Introduction/Who is the book for?/What do you need to be able to carry out an evaluation?/Evaluation research/Small-scale evaluation research/The literature search/The Internet/Using the book/A note on 'Tasks'/Chapter 2: Evaluation: The What and the Why/What is evaluation?/Why evaluate?/Evaluation and social research/What do they think they want?/What are they going to find credible?/Chapter 3: The Advantages of Collaboration/Stakeholders/Other models of involvement/Using consultants/Persuading others to be involved/When is some form of participatory evaluation indicated?/Chapter 4: Evaluation Designs/Different approaches to evaluation/Needs assessment/Outcome evaluation/Process evaluation/Combining process and outcome approaches/Formative and summative evaluation/Efficiency evaluation/Reviews/Program monitoring/Theory-based evaluation/An interim summing up/Chapter 5: Designing Your Evaluation/Reviewing the 'literature'/Research questions/Methods of data collection/Data quality/Sampling/Prespecified and emergent designs/Doing a shoe-string evaluation/Chapter 6: Ethical and Political Considerations/Ethical issues/The problem of unintended consequences/Evaluations involving children and other vulnerable populations/Ethical issues in online research/Ethical boards and committees/The politics of evaluation/Chapter 7: Practicalities/Time budgeting/Gaining access/Getting organized/Getting help and support/Chapter 8: Dealing with the Data/Coding data/Analysis and interpretation of quantitative data/Analysis and interpretation of qualitative data/Chapter 9: Communicating the Findings/Evaluation reports/Facilitating the implementation of evaluation findings/Chapter 10: Taking it further/Further reading/Postscript/Appendix A: Chapter Tasks/Appendix B: Simple Evaluations