QUICK REFERENCE OUTLINE OF RECENT EVALUATION WORK (FROM PROGRAM EVALUATIN - ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, 1975, BY JACK ZUSMAN AND CECIL WURSTER SEE NCJ-50594)

• NCJ Number: 51613
• Author(s): E B GOLD
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 6 pages
• Grant Number(s): MHIR12-22761
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Mental Health
• Corporate Author: D C Heath and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PREPARED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DATABANK OF PROGRAM EVALUATIONS

Annotation

A SCHEMATIC PRESENTATION OF 25 WORKS ON EVALUATION RESEARCH IS CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE, AND EACH WORK IS REVIEWED IN LIGHT OF TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE EVALUATION FIELD.

Abstract

ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE QUICK REFERENCE OUTLINE OF EVALUATION STUDIES, PRESENTED IN TABULAR FORM, ARE BACKGROUND, DEFINITION, AND PURPOSE OF EVALUATION; ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN EVALUATIVE RESEARCH; EVALUATION RESOURCES (FUNDING AND STAFFING); ADMINISTRATION OF EVALUATION STUDIES; FORMULATION OF GOALS AND MEASUREMENT OF OUTCOME; EVALUATION DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF EVALUATION RESEARCH; USE OF RESEARCH FINDINGS; IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING IN SOCIAL RESEARCH; PROGRAMS AND EVALUATIONS IN THE FELDS OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH; AND PROGRAMS AND EVALUATING FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. ADDITIONAL EVALUATION STUDIES RELEVANT TO EVALUATIVE RESEARCH BUT VERY SPECIALIZED ARE NOTED. FOR THE STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW IN WHICH THESE WORKS WERE CITED SEE NCJ-51612. NO BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA ARE INCLUDED. (DEP)