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Summary
Summary
This book helps practicing evaluators design and conduct competent evaluation studies, while explicitly considering resource and data constraints. The book is organized around a seven-step model developed by the authors, and which has been tested and refined in workshops that cater to a broad spectrum of evaluation practitioners. Vignettes from practice and case studies, representing evaluations from a variety of geographic regions and sectors, demonstrate adaptive possibilities for small projects with budgets of a few thousand dollars, or timelines as brief as a few days, to large-scale, long-term evaluations with multi-million-dollar budgets. The text is specifically designed to incorporate quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method designs.
Table of Contents
| Part 1 The RealWorld Evaluation Approach |
| Chapter 1 Overview: RealWorld Evaluation and the Contexts in Which It Is Used |
| Chapter 2 [Step 1] Scoping the Evaluation: First clarify the purpose |
| Chapter 3 [Step 2] Budget Constraints: Not enough money |
| Chapter 4 [Step 3] Time Constraints: Addressing scheduling and other time constraints |
| Chapter 5 [Step 4] Data Constraints: Critical information is missing or difficult to collect |
| Chapter 6 [Step 5] Addressing Political Influences: Reconciling different priorities and perspectives |
| Chapter 7 [Step 6] Strengthening the Evaluation Design and the Validity of Conclusions |
| Chapter 8 [Step 7] Making it Useful: Helping clients and other stakeholders use the evaluation findings and recommendations |
| Part 2 a Review of Evaluation Methods and Approaches and their Application in RealWorld Evaluation: For those who would like to dig deeper on particular evaluation topics |
| Chapter 9 Ensuring competent and ethical practice in the conduct of the evaluation |
| Chapter 10 Theory-based evaluation |
| Chapter 11 Evaluation designs |
| Chapter 12 Quantitative evaluation approaches |
| Chapter 13 Qualitative evaluation approaches |
| Chapter 14 Mixed method evaluations |
| Chapter 15 Sampling |
| Chapter 16 Evaluating complex, multi-component development interventions |
| Part 3 Organizing and Managing Evaluations and Strengthening Evaluation Capacity: For readers involved with the funding and management of evaluations |
| Chapter 17 Organizing and managing evaluations |
| Chapter 18 Strengthening evaluation capacity |
| Chapter 19 Conclusions and challenges and the road ahead |
