EVALUATION RESEARCH

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize the historical development and essential role of evaluation research in human services and social policies. Audience: Graduate 2. Compare the most commonly used evaluation designs and their relative value and importance for policies and programs at different stages of program development. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify measurement, data collection, and data analysis options needed to assess program implementation/processes and impacts. Audience: Graduate 4. Apply ethical principles in the planning and implementation of evaluation practices, interpretation and dissemination of results. Audience: Graduate 5. Apply key evaluation tools, including logic models and conceptual frameworks. Audience: Graduate 6. Demonstrate the capacity to develop an evaluation plan. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize the historical development and essential role of evaluation research in human services and social policies. Audience: Graduate 2. Compare the most commonly used evaluation designs and their relative value and importance for policies and programs at different stages of program development. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify measurement, data collection, and data analysis options needed to assess program implementation/processes and impacts. Audience: Graduate 4. Apply ethical principles in the planning and implementation of evaluation practices, interpretation and dissemination of results. Audience: Graduate 5. Apply key evaluation tools, including logic models and conceptual frameworks. Audience: Graduate 6. Demonstrate the capacity to develop an evaluation plan. Audience: Graduate