Showing papers in "Evaluation Practice in 1993"

TL;DR: In the field of program evaluation, trace traces are what evaluators left behind (discoveries, records, tracks) which made marks on the profession of evaluation.

TL;DR: Articles should deal with topics applicable to the broad field of program evaluation, and implications for practicing evaluators should be clearly identified.

TL;DR: Aiken and West as discussed by the authors pointed out that there is a broad misunderstanding of the meaning, analysis, and interpretation of interactions and that some textbooks discourage general researcher from learning more about interactions by placing too much emphasis on mathematical principles and equations.

TL;DR: Forum articles speak to and about the philosophical and ethical dilemmas of our profession as mentioned in this paper, and contributors are invited to express their views to encourage constructive dialogue centered on issues.

TL;DR: The views and opinions expressed here are the authors' and do not represent those of the Office of Inspector General, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any other component of the Federal Government as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: A case history of a nursing program is presented, with emphasis on strategies to foster success, and the information presented should be useful to evaluators in other educational settings.

TL;DR: Forum articles speak to and about the philosophical and ethical dilemmas of our profession as mentioned in this paper, and the authors are invited to express their opinions, opinions, and professional judgments.

TL;DR: The paper "Where Politics and Evaluation Research Meet" as discussed by the authors has been reprinted in dozens of places under two titles (the other is “Evaluation Research in the Political Context”) and in four languages, and is by those measures the most popular piece I have ever written.

TL;DR: Contributions should deal with topics applicable to the broad field of program evaluation and include reviews of new developments in evaluation and descriptions of a current evaluation effort, research problem, or technique.

TL;DR: This paper argued that differences in evaluation perspectives, client perspectives, modes of inquiry, and the criteria they embody are essential for our learning, creativity, and our astonishment, at least in spirit.

TL;DR: Time-series analysis can be a powerful evaluation tool whose use was suggested as early as 1963 by Campbell and Stanley as mentioned in this paper, and a number of authors have used time series analysis for evaluation purposes.