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| Beginnings | |
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| Introduction to Evaluation Practice | |
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| Definition and Scope | |
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| History | |
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| Political Context of Evaluation | |
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| Theoretical and Value-Based Foundation of Evaluation Practice | |
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| The Conceptual Framework of Evaluation Practice | |
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| Overview of the Model | |
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| Principles and Assumptions | |
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| Deductive Reasoning | |
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| Inductive Reasoning | |
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| Roles and Responsibilities of Social Workers in Evaluation Practice | |
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| Managing People | |
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| Analytic Axes | |
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| Evaluation Practice Ethics | |
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| Thinking Processes of Evaluation Practice | |
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| Identifying Social Work Problems and Issues | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Thinking Processes in Articulating Social Problems | |
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| Problem Mapping and Force Field Analysis | |
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| Obtaining and Organizing Information | |
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| Diverse Purposes of Information in Evaluation Practice | |
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| When to Review Information in Evaluation | |
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| Mechanics of Information Review | |
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| Ascertaining Need | |
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| Distinction Between Problem and Need | |
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| Choosing Needs Assessment Action Strategies | |
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| Examining Need with Previously Supported Approaches: Designing Experimental-Type Inquiry | |
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| Using Experimental-Type Design in Needs Assessment | |
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| True Experimental Design | |
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| Nonexperimental Designs | |
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| Thinking Process of Experimental-Type Design Selection in Needs Assessment | |
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| Obtaining Information in Experimental-Type Needs Assessment | |
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| Introduction to Measurement | |
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| Instrumentation Structures That Are Useful in Experimental-Type Needs Assessment | |
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| Ascertaining Need in Unexamined Contexts: Designing Qualitative Inquiry | |
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| Underlying Tenets of Naturalistic Inquiry | |
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| Selecting a Design in Naturalistic Needs Assessment | |
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| Mixed-Method Designs | |
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| Setting Goals and Objectives | |
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| Introduction and Definitions | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Deriving Goals from Need Statements | |
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| Action Process of Writing Process Objectives | |
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| Action Process of Writing Outcome Objectives | |
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| Reflexive Intervention | |
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| Intervention Selection and Reflexive Intervention | |
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| Translating Goals and Objectives into Interventions | |
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| Selection of an Intervention Approach | |
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| Reflexive Intervention | |
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| Thinking Processes of Reflexive Intervention | |
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| Elements of Reflexive Intervention | |
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| Action Processes of Reflexive Intervention | |
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| Introduction to Design Selection in Reflexive Intervention | |
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| Experimental-Type Process Assessment Designs | |
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| Naturalistic Inquiry | |
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| Mixed-Method Design | |
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| Process Assessment Questions Posed by Diverse Groups | |
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| Selecting a Method--Guiding Questions | |
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| Assessing Outcomes | |
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| Thinking Processes in Outcome Assessment | |
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| Introduction: Outcome Assessment as One Step in Evaluation Practice | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Essential Elements of Outcome Assessment | |
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| Action Processes of Outcome Research: Looking at Group Outcome | |
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| Four Steps of Outcome Assessment | |
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| True Experimental Design in Outcome Assessment | |
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| Using Nonexperimental to Quasi-Experimental Approaches in Outcome Assessment | |
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| Alternative Strategies to Attribute Outcome to Intervention | |
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| Outcome Assessment Using Idiographic Designs | |
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| Definition of Idiographic Designs | |
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| Three Idiographic Design Types | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Sharing Evaluation Practice Knowledge | |
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| Reporting and Using Knowledge | |
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| Evidence | |
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| Questions to Guide the Selection of a Reporting Format and Strategy | |
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| Structures | |
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| Use of Evaluation Practice Knowledge | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Continuous Process of Evaluation Practice | |
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| Joshua | |
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| Individual Problem | |
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| Systemic Problem Identified by Joshua | |
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| Jennifer | |
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| Systemic Problem | |
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| Evaluation Practice: Upholding the Social Work Commitment | |
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| Go For It! | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Data Analysis | |
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| Descriptive Statistics | |
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| Drawing Inferences | |
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| Associations and Relationships | |
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| Naturalistic Data Analysis | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |