Methodological advances in evaluation research / edited by Ross F. Conner. - Beverly-Hills : [s.l.] : Sage Publications ; Published in cooperation with the Evaluation Research Society, c1981. - 159 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Sage research progress series in evaluation ; v. 10 .

Based on presentations at the Evaluation Research Society annual meeting of 1980.

Includes bibliographies.

Editor's Introduction/ Ross F.Conner -- PART 1 : New Evaluation Methods -- Simulation as an evaluation tool / Ralph E. Cooper and William R. Huss -- Cost analysis for program evaluation / Mark S. Thompson ... [et al.] -- Contextual evaluation, an ethnographic approach to program assessment / Gerald M. Britan -- Measuring strength and integrity of treatments / William H. Yeaton and Robin Redner -- Social indicators / William E. Bertrand, Nancy Beth Mock, and Robert R. Franklin -- PART 2-- Combinations of Evaluation Methods -- Combining time-series with interviews--evaluating the effects of a sexual assault law / Jeanne C. Marsh -- Combining process with impact evaluation--a long-term home care program for the elderly / Susan L. Hughes, David S. Cordray, and V. Alan Spiker. -- Combining archival search with telephone surveys--evaluating energy information centers / Eric Hirst -- Combining experimental design with archival, survey, and interview methods--creative evaluation in trade unions / Michelle Fine and Sheila H. Akabas.-- About the Contributors //

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