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100			_aStake, Dr. Robert E.
245	0	0	_aStandards-based and responsive evaluation.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_a[S.l.] : _bSage Publications, Inc, _c2003.
300			_a368 p. ; _c23 cm.
500			_aPaperback.
520			_aThe book begins with the main strategic choices an evaluator needs to make between approaches: quantitatively,by explicating criteria, needs, standards, and performances, or qualitatively, by studying the activity, aspirations, problems, and accomplishments of the participants and critical observers. After reading the text, students will have a better appreciation of evaluation as a process that needs to be custom-fit to the situation. Throughout the book, Stake presents evaluation as a series of choices for the reader: - To remain independent or to join with program staff or stakeholders - To value personal experience as evidence or to shun it as biased - To aid development formatively or to assess the existing program summatively - To use issues, goals, gains, efficiency, or problem solving as the key conceptual structure - To invest small or large in trying out and validating data-gathering procedures - To support the standards and ethical codes of professional associations Standards-Based and Responsive Evaluation will prove an essential text for program evaluation courses in education, nursing, social work, psychology, sociology, communication, and anthropology. Experienced researchers and professional evaluators will also find this an invaluable reference for a more experiential, interpretive approach to evaluation work and policy setting.
700	1		_aStake, Dr. Robert E.
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761926658/chopaconline-20
856	4	0	_3Amazon customer reviews _uhttp://www.chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/azrev.pl?q=0761926658
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