Program Evaluation: An Introduction by Bruce A Thyer

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Helps readers evaluate services and programs that they will encounter in their professional practice.

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Program Evaluation: An Introduction by Bruce A Thyer

Praised by instructors and students alike, PROGRAM EVALUATION: AN INTRODUCTION helps your students evaluate services and programs that they will encounter in their professional practice. In the process of learning evaluation techniques and skills, students will become proficient at critically analyzing evaluation studies conducted by others. The authors present and simplify all the essentials needed for a critical appreciation of evaluation issues and methodology. The text's student-friendly writing style and clear presentation of concepts, as well as its hands-on and applied focus, will guide students on how to gather evidence and demonstrate that their interventions and programs are effective in improving clients' lives.
Thyer, Bruce A.: - Bruce Thyer is currently a Professor and former Dean with the College of Social Work at Florida State University. Dr. Thyer spent the years 1987 - 2002 with the University of Georgia, where he earned the rank of Distinguished Research Professor. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. In 2012 he was elected to the Social Work Academy of the National Academies of Practice. Dr. Thyer is the founder and current editor of one of social work′s premier journals, RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE, and is the author of over 250 articles, 80 chapters and he had authored or edited over 25 professional books. His research interests involve the promotion of evidence-based practice, evaluation research, applied behavior analysis, and social work theory.
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ISBN 13 9780534508272
ISBN 10 0534508278
Title Program Evaluation: An Introduction
Author Bruce A Thyer
Series Research Statistics And Program Evaluation Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
Year published 2005-03-10
Number of pages 432
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