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Program Evaluation Useful Sources of Information

Program Evaluation Useful Sources of Information. Carol Pilcher Department of Entomology Iowa State University. Useful Sources. Program Evaluation Collecting Data Surveys Analyzing Data Developing Reports. Program Evaluation.

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Program Evaluation Useful Sources of Information

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  1. Program EvaluationUseful Sources of Information Carol Pilcher Department of Entomology Iowa State University

  2. Useful Sources • Program Evaluation • Collecting Data • Surveys • Analyzing Data • Developing Reports

  3. Program Evaluation http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation/evallogicmodel.html

  4. Program Evaluation Seevers B., Graham D., Gamon J., Conklin K. 1997. Education through Cooperative Extension. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers. 288 p.

  5. Program Evaluation Patton MQ. 1997. Utilization-Focused Evaluation. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 430 p.

  6. Collecting Data • Existing records • Observations • Focus groups • End of meeting questionnaires • Mailed questionnaires • Telephone surveys • Face to face interviews

  7. Developing Surveys Salant P. and Dillman DA. 1994. How to Conduct Your Own Survey. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 232 p.

  8. Questionnaires • What types of questions will you ask? • Close-ended • Open-ended

  9. Questionnaires • Scales • Try to make scales consistent • Likert Scales • Try to have at least five categories • Must have positive and negative items of equal value • SD, D, U, A, SA

  10. Tips for Questionnaires • Make sure instrument looks professional • Handwritten signature on cover letter • Always leave space at the end for participant to write additional comments • End survey with “Thank You” • Thank you for your participation!!

  11. Sample Size? • Size of population • Sample or census

  12. Mail Survey Procedures • Personalized, advance notice letter (optional) • Personalized cover letter, survey instrument, return envelope • Follow-up postcard • Personalized cover letter, survey instrument, return envelope

  13. Analyzing Data Sproull, NL. 1995. Handbook of Research Methods: A Guide for Practitioners and Students in the Social Sciences. 2nd ed. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 430 p.

  14. Analyzing Data • Develop a plan • Analysis depends on level of data • Nominal, ordinal, interval • Description, correlation, comparisons • SPSS • Statistical software package

  15. Reporting Results • Description and analysis • Interpretation • Judgment • Recommendations

  16. Sources of Information • Evaluation • Bennett CF. March/April 1975. Up the Hierarchy. Journal of Extension 13(1) 7-12. • Patton MQ. 1997. Utilization-Focused Evaluation. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 430 p. • Rossi PH. And Freeman, HE. 1993. Evaluation: A Systematic Approach. 5th ed. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. 488 p. • Seevers B., Graham D., Gamon J., Conklin K. 1997. Education through Cooperative Extension. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers. 288 p. • University of Wisconsin-Extension. (2004). Program Development and Evaluation. Retrieved April 2005, from University of Wisconsin-Extension-Cooperative Extension, Program Development and Evaluation Unit Web site http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/progdev/index.html • Collecting Data • Salant P. and Dillman DA. 1994. How to Conduct Your Own Survey. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 232 p. • Analyzing Data • Sproull, NL. 1995. Handbook of Research Methods: A Guide for Practitioners and Students in the Social Sciences. 2nd ed. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 430 p.

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