“This is one of the most coherent and comprehensive theories ofevaluation yet formulated and one that makes a most valuablecontribution. The authors are pioneering in important newdirections.”” –Ernest R. House
Book Details:
- Author: Melvin M. Mark
- ISBN: 9780470368824
- Year Published: 2000
- Pages: 416
- BISAC: BUS074000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Nonprofit Organizations & Charities
About the Book and Topic:
“This is one of the most coherent and comprehensive theories ofevaluation yet formulated and one that makes a most valuablecontribution. The authors are pioneering in important newdirections.”” –Ernest R. House
author of Professional Evaluation andEvaluating with Validity “”This book is the best I’ve ever read detailing a practicaltheory of evaluation. It is comprehensive
andmakes sense of the evaluation enterprise. It does so by emphasizingthe major function of evaluation as sense-making about policies andprograms.”” –Thomas D. Cook
About the Author
GARY HENRY professor of Public Administration, Political Science, and Educational Policy Studies at Georgia State and co-editor-in-chief of New Directions for Evaluation. MELVIN MARKS professor of psychology at Penn State and editor of the American Journal of Evaluation. GEORGE JULNES assistant professor of Psychology in the Research and Evaluation Methodology at Utah State University. The authors combine varied backgrounds in research methods, public administration, psychology, and education which should help this book reach varied audiences.