Evaluation Ethics for Best Practice Cases and Commentaries
Editor(s):
Michael Morris
Publishing / Edition:
Guilford Press, 2007
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Chapter 1. Ethics and Evaluation 1
Chapter 2. The Entry/Contracting Stage 31
Scenario 1. The Coordination Project 31
Commentary. Consumers, Culture, and Validity 33
Commentary. Whose Evaluation Is It, Anyway? 50
What If...? 54
Final Thoughts. The Coordination Project 54
Scenario 2. Just Say No? 56
Questions to Consider 57
Chapter 3. Designing the Evaluation 59
Scenario 1. The Damp Parade? 59
Commentary. Everybody Talks about the Weather... 61
Commentary. No Rain Today 72
What If...? 82
Final Thoughts. The Damp Parade 82
Scenario 2. What's under the Rock? 84
Questions to Consider 85
Chapter 4. Data Collection 87
Scenario 1. The Folder 87
Commentary. Hold 'Em or Fold(er) 'Em?: What's an Evaluator to Do? 89
Commentary. Centering the Folder 100
What If...? 112
Final Thoughts. The Folder 113
Scenario 2. Hideout 115
Questions to Consider 116
Chapter 5. Data Analysis and Interpretation 117
Scenario 1. Knock, Knock, What's There? 117
Commentary. What's There: Confidence or Competence? 119
Commentary. Interpreting Effects 132
What If...? 137
Final Thoughts. Knock, Knock, What's There? 137
Scenario 2. Things Happen 139
Questions to Consider 140
Chapter 6. Communication of Results 141
Scenario 1. Mainstream 141
Commentary. Mainstreaming Process Evaluation: Ethical Issues in Reporting Interim Results 144
Commentary. Reporting Bad News: Challenges and Opportunities in an Ethical Dilemma 155
What If...? 166
Final Thoughts. Mainstream 166
Scenario 2. Whose Voices? 168
Questions to Consider 170
Chapter 7. Utilization of Results 171
Scenario 1. Nightly News 171
Commentary. Fixing the Spin on Evaluation 173
Commentary. From Substance Abuse to Evaluation Misuse: Is There a Way Out? 183
What If...? 191
Final Thoughts. Nightly News 191
Scenario 2. Is My Job Done Yet? 193
Questions to Consider 194
Chapter 8. Lessons Learned 195
Appendix A. The Guiding Principles for Evaluators 207
Appendix B. The Program Evaluation Standards, Second Edition 212
Author Index 216
Subject Index 219