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Using theory to improve program and policy evaluations

Author: Huey-tsyh Chen; Peter H Rossi; Policy Studies Organization.
Publisher: New York : Greenwood Press, 1992.
Series: Contributions in political science, no. 290.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Using theory to improve program and policy evaluations.
New York : Greenwood Press, 1992
(OCoLC)646024703
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Huey-tsyh Chen; Peter H Rossi; Policy Studies Organization.
ISBN: 031328346X 9780313283468
OCLC Number: 24219364
Notes: "Prepared under the auspices of the Policy Studies Organization."
Description: viii, 278 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction : integrating theory into evaluation practice / Huey-tsyh Chen and Peter H. Rossi --
Four types of theory that can guide treatment evaluations / John W. Finney and Rudolf H. Moos --
Theory-driven metaevaluation / William R. Shadish, Jr. --
Pattern matching in theory-driven evaluation : a field example from psychiatric rehabilitation / William M.K. Trochim and Judith A. Cook --
Testing theories in theory-driven evaluations : (tests of) moderation in all things / Melvin M. Mark, David A. Hofmann, and Charles S. Reichardt --
Theory-driven meta-analysis : practices and prospects / David S. Cordray --
The role of theory in doing case study research and evaluations / Robert K. Yin --
Theory in evaluation : we think, therefore we theorize (an ethnographer's perspective) / David M. Fetterman. Using research and theory in developing innovative programs for homeless individuals / Debra J. Rog and Robert B. Huebner --
Evaluating New Dawn and Pegasus using the Chen and Rossi multigoal, theory-driven approach / Dennis J. Palumbo and Peter R. Gregware --
Using program theory in quality assessments of children's mental health services / Keith A. Peterson and Leonard Bickman --
The importance of theory in selection modeling : incorrect assumptions mean biased results / David Rindskopf --
Quasi-experiments and causation probing / Huey-tsyh Chen and Lung-ho Lin --
Research-based theory for educational planning and evaluation / Herbert J. Walberg and Arthur J. Reynolds --
Meta-analysis in evaluation research : moving from description to explanation / Mark W. Lipsey. Theory-driven approaches to benefit-cost analysis : implications of program theory / Anne Scott and Lee Sechrest.
Series Title: Contributions in political science, no. 290.
Responsibility: edited by Huey-tsyh Chen and Peter H. Rossi.
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