Evaluation and Program Planning

1978 - 2025

Current editor(s): Jonathan A. Morell

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Volume 8, issue 4, 1985

Quantity and quality in evaluation research: A divergent view pp. 289-306

Dan Bednarz

Logical incompatibilities and pragmatism pp. 307-308

Michael Quinn Patton

Corporate support mechanisms for families: An exploratory study and agenda for research and evaluation pp. 309-314

Frances Stillman and Gary L. Bowen

Evaluation readiness: improved evaluation planning using a data inventory framework pp. 315-326

Alan B. Cohen, Katherine C. Hall and Donald R. Cohodes

A comparison of objective and subjective measures of clinical competence pp. 327-330

Debra A. DaRosa, Beth Dawson-Saunders and Roland Folse

Analysis of an addictions treatment system pp. 331-337

Kathryn Graham and Robert C. Brook

Problems in being responsive: Reflections on an evaluation of a program for training motorcycle riders pp. 339-347

Graham S. Maxwell

Case study: Editor's note pp. 349-347

Mitchell Fleischer

Triangulation in practice pp. 351-357

Charles McClintock and Jennifer Greene

The impact of general accounting office program evaluations on government pp. 359-366

Wallace Earl Walker

A cross-cultural test of the situational bias hypothesis,: The israeli scene pp. 367-376

Moshe Zeidner

Volume 8, issue 3, 1985

To the reader pp. iii-371

Jonathan A. Morell

Promises to keep: An evaluator's perspective on employee assistance programs pp. 175-182

Werner C. Albert, Padric C. Smythe and Robert C. Brook

Evaluating employee assistance policy in an HMO-based alcoholism project pp. 183-194

Sandra L. Putnam and Robert L. Stout

Cybernetic appropriateness review: Does it change physician hospital utilization patterns? pp. 195-205

James Studnicki and Charles E. Stevens

The evaluation and monitoring of a medicaid second surgical opinion program pp. 207-215

Timothy J. Tyson

Evaluating correctional health care: The lessons of New York City pp. 217-229

Thomas J. Reed

A systems method for the identification of variable service needs of the elderly pp. 231-237

Leonard Kooperman, Donald R. Cooper and Donald A. Clare

The subjective well-being of mental patients in nursing homes pp. 239-250

William R. Shadish, Robert G. Orwin, Bohne G. Silber and Richard R. Bootzin

The ers standards for program evaluation: Guidance for a fledging profession pp. 251-253

Yvonna S. Lincoln

Avoiding evaluation cooptation: Lessons from a renal dialysis evaluation pp. 255-259

Elizabethann O'Sullivan, Gayle W. Burleson and William E. Lamb

Managing the implementation of innovations pp. 261-269

Cynthia Roberts-Gray

The conduct of program evaluation reviews in the general accounting office pp. 271-280

Wallace Earl Walker

Volume 8, issue 2, 1985

To the reader pp. iii-371

Jonathan A. Morell and Eugenie W. Flaherty

Predicted outcomes in a national sample: A source of comparison for program evaluation pp. 79-86

Sheila Eder, Gregory Hoerz and Andrea J. Simon

Content validity in evaluation and policy-relevant research pp. 87-91

Melvin M. Mark, Robert C. Sinclair and Gary L. Benson

Evaluating multicultural curricula in the community college: A sociocultural framework pp. 93-105

Catherine Cobb Morocco

Part/whole percentaging as a useful method in policy/program evaluation pp. 107-120

Stuart S. Nagel

Productivity improvement in a purchasing division: The impact of a performance contingent reward system pp. 121-134

Delbert M. Nebeker and Brian M. Neuberger

The efficacy of early intervention programs for children with organic impairment: A quantitative review pp. 135-146

Kenneth Ottenbacher and Paul Petersen

A validity scale for the sharp consumer satisfaction scales pp. 147-153

Barry A. Tanner and Webb Stacy

Client progress toward referral for discharge to the community: An illustration of an evaluation technique pp. 155-160

Joel Leon Telles and Scott Spreat

Documentation in evaluation research: Managerial and scientific requirements pp. 161-169

William E. Pollard, Alfred C. Cooper and Deborah H. Griffin

Volume 8, issue 1, 1985

Introduction: Moral and ethical problems in evaluation pp. 1-3

Nick L. Smith

Some characteristics of moral problems in evaluation practice pp. 5-11

Nick L. Smith

Analyzing mental health evaluation:: Moral and ethical dimensions pp. 13-23

Karen E. Kirkhart

Alternative systems of ethics and their application to education and evaluation pp. 25-36

Mary Anne Bunda

Should evaluators judge whether services are appropriate? pp. 37-44

Michael Hendricks

Ethical dilemmas in evaluating programs with family court related clients pp. 45-51

Paul L. Johnson

Gamesmanship for internal evaluators: Knowing when to "hold 'em" and when to "fold 'em" pp. 53-57

Kay A. Adams

Insuring equity in compensatory education student selection pp. 59-66

Stephen L. Murray and Marc T. Braverman

Private thoughts and public actions:: A commentary on articles dealing with ethical issues in evaluation pp. 67-72

Adrianne Bank

Road signs in ethical quicksand pp. 73-76

S. Lee Jerrell and Jeanette M. Jerrell

Volume 7, issue 4, 1984

To the reader pp. iii-376

Jonathan A. Morell and Eugenie W. Flaherty

Evaluation of the U.S. Air Force family support center program pp. 303-310

Gary Lee Bowen

Accounting and the celebration of rationality in human service delivery organizations pp. 311-320

Marvin Chapman and Mark A. Covaleski

On considering the unintended impact of evaluation: Reactive distortions in program goals and activities pp. 321-327

David S. Glenwick, Mary Ann Parris Stephens and Charles A. Maher

Pitfalls in planning: Contrasting perspectives on mental health and corporate planning pp. 329-336

Eric N. Goplerud, Steven Walfish and Anthony Broskowski

A cost-benefit analysis of a smoking cessation program pp. 337-346

Steven J. Weiss, Stephen Jurs, James LeSage and Donald C. Iverson

Applicability of standards for evaluations of educational programs, projects and materials in an international setting: Qualitative research pp. 347-354

W. B. Dockrell

Applicability of standards for evaluations of educational programs, projects and materials in an international setting pp. 355-362

Sixten Marklund

Some limitations of the standards pp. 363-370

John Raven

Political and organizational preconditions for application of the standards for educational evaluation: The standards for educational evaluation seen in a wider perspective in relation to policy making and organization pp. 371-376

Jaap Scheerens and Chris W. van Seventer

Evaluation standards: Comments from Israel pp. 377-381

Arieh Lewy

Applying the evaluation standards in a different social context pp. 383-386

David Nevo

Volume 7, issue 3, 1984

To the reader pp. iii-376

Jonathan A. Morell and Eugenie W. Flaherty

Practical problems associated with programme evaluation in third world countries pp. 211-218

Abraham S. Ross

Defining the severely mentally disabled pp. 219-227

William A. Hargreaves, Marijean LeGoullon, Jessica Gaynor, C. Clifford Attkisson and Babette Bloch

An examination of methods in the evaluation of volunteer programs pp. 229-235

Jim Utterback and Steven R. Heyman

Age-based transition periods and the outcome of mental health treatment pp. 237-244

Aaron Smith, Joseph E. Cardillo and Robert O. Choate

Referral to treatment: Improving client-treatment match through process analysis pp. 245-252

Michael G. Dalecki and Barry S. Tuchfeld

The case study evaluation: A means for managing organizational and political tensions pp. 253-266

Catherine Marshall

A contingent approach to strategy and tactics in formative and summative evaluations pp. 267-290

John M. Bryson and John W. Cullen

The value of unattractive characteristics in social entitlements pp. 291-299

Dwight Frankfather

Volume 7, issue 2, 1984

Resolving conflicting demands on evaluation: A test demonstration of videotex for farmers pp. 115-125

Claude F. Bennett

Correlates of honor ratings in a clinical clerkship employing a faculty forum evaluation system pp. 127-130

Debra A. Darosa, Roland Folse and John F. Markus

The role of financial incentives in utility-sponsored residential conservation programs: A review of customer surveys pp. 131-141

Linda Berry

How experiential education relates to college goals and objectives pp. 143-149

Jane S. Gore and Helen Y. Nelson

Environmental assessment and evaluation research: Examples from mental health and substance abuse programs pp. 151-167

John W. Finney and Rudolf H. Moos

The feedback research approach to evaluation: A method to increase evaluation utility pp. 169-175

Debra J. Rog and Leonard Bickman

Editor's note: An invitation to develop case studies pp. 177-175

Mitchell Fleischer

An evaluation case: The implementation and evaluation of a problem-solving training program for adolescents pp. 179-188

George S. Tellado

An alternative evaluation approach for the problem-solving training program: A utilization-focused evaluation process pp. 189-192

Michael Quinn Patton

The operation was a success but the patient died: A critique of "the implementation and evaluation of a problem-solving training program for adolescents" pp. 193-198

Mitchell D. McCorcle

Response from a policymakers' perspective pp. 199-200

David E. Engel

The Tellado case study exercise: A metacritique pp. 201-204

Mitchell Fleischer

Stories in context: Characteristics of useful case studies for planning and evaluation pp. 205-208

Mitchell D. McCorcle

Volume 7, issue 1, 1984

The dysfunctional side effects of quantitative indicator production,: Illustrations from mental health care (A message from chicken little) pp. 1-12

Pauline E. Ginsberg

Distorted indicators in special education: A response to Ginsberg pp. 13-14

Mary Lee Smith

The foibles of bureaucratic control: A response to Ginsberg pp. 15-16

Thomas J. Gamble

Comment on "dysfunctional side-effects..." pp. 17-18

Richard Speiglman

Reflections on Ginsberg's paper pp. 19-21

Lynn M. Olson and Andrew C. Gordon

Worker artifacts as a source of spurious statistics: A response to Ginsberg pp. 23-24

Richard McCleary

Reconsideration of accountability and control in human service delivery organizations: A response to Ginsberg pp. 25-26

Mark A. Covaleski and Mark W. Dirsmith

Identifying and measuring unintended outcomes pp. 27-34

Sam Sherrill

The effects of conflict, quality, and time on small group information use and behavior in evaluative decision making situations pp. 35-43

Glenn D. Pflum and Robert D. Brown

Constructing case vignettes for evaluating clinical judgment: An empirical model pp. 45-55

Mary Ann Heverly, David X. Fitt and Frederick L. Newman

The impact of citizen evaluation review on Community Mental Health Center programs pp. 57-64

Lois P. Burgner, Joan Wagner Zinober and Nancy R. Dinkel

Treatment participation and outcome in a program for problem drinker-drivers pp. 65-71

Lonnie R. Snowden

A research design for generalizing from multiple case studies pp. 73-85

David Greene and Jane L. David

Management consulting and evaluation pp. 87-93

Jonathan Stanfield and Nick L. Smith

Physician perceptions of medical malpractice and defensive medicine pp. 95-104

Mark S. Thompson and Cynthia P. King