RealWorld Evaluation: Working Under Budget, Time, Data, and Political Constraints
Key Guidance
Top Insights
Los Angeles et al.: Sage, 3rd ed. (2020), xliv, 524 pp.
Contains graphs, tables, glossary pp. 474-486, bibliogr. pp. 487-503, index
ISBN 978-1-544318783
Other editions: 1st ed 2006; 2nd ed. 2012
Signature commbox: 00-Management-E 2020
"Addresses the challenges of conducting program evaluations in real-world contexts where evaluators and their clients face budget and time constraints. The book is organized around the authors’ seven-step model that has been tested in workshops and practice environments to help the evaluation implementers and managers make the best choices when faced with real world constraints. The Third Edition includes a new chapter on gender equality and women’s empowerment and discussion of digital technology and data science." (Publisher description)
I. THE SEVEN STEPS OF THE REALWORLD EVALUATION APPROACH
1 Overview: RealWorld Evaluation and the Contexts in Which It Is Used, 2
2 First Clarify the Purpose: Scoping the Evaluation, 19
3 Not Enough Money: Addressing Budget Constraints, 39
4 Not Enough Time: Addressing Scheduling and Other Time Constraints, 55
5 Critical Information Is Missing or Difficult to Collect: Addressing Data Constraints, 72
6 Political Constraints, 94
7 Strengthening the Evaluation Design and the Validity of the Conclusions, 105
8 Making It Useful: Helping Clients and Other Stakeholders Utilize the Evaluation, 127
II. A REVIEW OF EVALUATION METHODS AND APPROACHES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN REALWORLD EVALUATION: FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DIG DEEPER
9 Standards and Ethics, 144
10 Theory-Based Evaluation and Theory of Change, 153
11 Evaluation Designs: The RWE Strategy for Selecting the Appropriate Evaluation Design to Respond to the Purpose and Context of Each Evaluation, 187
12 Quantitative Evaluation Methods, 218
13 Qualitative Evaluation Methods, 243
14 Mixed-Method Evaluation, 262
15 Sampling Strategies for RealWorld Evaluation, 289
16 Evaluating Complex Projects, Programs, and Policies, 315
17 Gender Evaluation: Integrating Gender Analysis Into Evaluations, 353
18 Evaluation in the Age of Big Data, 382
III. MANAGING EVALUATIONS
19 Managing Evaluations, 430
20 The Road Ahead, 459
1 Overview: RealWorld Evaluation and the Contexts in Which It Is Used, 2
2 First Clarify the Purpose: Scoping the Evaluation, 19
3 Not Enough Money: Addressing Budget Constraints, 39
4 Not Enough Time: Addressing Scheduling and Other Time Constraints, 55
5 Critical Information Is Missing or Difficult to Collect: Addressing Data Constraints, 72
6 Political Constraints, 94
7 Strengthening the Evaluation Design and the Validity of the Conclusions, 105
8 Making It Useful: Helping Clients and Other Stakeholders Utilize the Evaluation, 127
II. A REVIEW OF EVALUATION METHODS AND APPROACHES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN REALWORLD EVALUATION: FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DIG DEEPER
9 Standards and Ethics, 144
10 Theory-Based Evaluation and Theory of Change, 153
11 Evaluation Designs: The RWE Strategy for Selecting the Appropriate Evaluation Design to Respond to the Purpose and Context of Each Evaluation, 187
12 Quantitative Evaluation Methods, 218
13 Qualitative Evaluation Methods, 243
14 Mixed-Method Evaluation, 262
15 Sampling Strategies for RealWorld Evaluation, 289
16 Evaluating Complex Projects, Programs, and Policies, 315
17 Gender Evaluation: Integrating Gender Analysis Into Evaluations, 353
18 Evaluation in the Age of Big Data, 382
III. MANAGING EVALUATIONS
19 Managing Evaluations, 430
20 The Road Ahead, 459
