Contrasting evaluation approaches: Enables readers to compare and choose between quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods
Stakeholder-focused strategies: Helps evaluators weigh ethical risks and engage with program staff and stakeholders
Boxed case examples: Illustrates real-world scenarios for practical learning and comparison
Comprehensive tools: Provides readers with the means to make evaluation choices in diverse situations
Extensive online resources: Access to evaluation reports, coding excerpts, and more via a companion website
Summarized by Shop
Written by a master writer and evaluator, this text explores the many conceptual choices an evaluator needs to make--from attention to stakeholders, to weighing ethical risks, to writing a useful report--when doing an evaluation. The book begins with the main strategic choices an evaluator needs to make between approaches: quantitatively,