Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation
von Joseph S. Wholey, Harry P. Hatry und Kathryn E. NewcomerPraise for the third edition of the Handbook of PracticalProgram Evaluation
„Mix three of the most highly regarded evaluators with a team oftalented contributors, and you end up with an exceedingly practicaland useful handbook that belongs on the reference shelf of everyevaluator as well as program and policy officials.“ --JonathanD. Breul, executive director, IBM Center for The Business ofGovernment
„Joe Wholey and his colleagues have done it again--aremarkably comprehensive, thoughtful, and interesting guide to theevaluation process and its context that should be useful tosponsors, users, and practitioners alike.“ --Eleanor Chelimsky, former U. S. Assistant Comptroller General for Program Evaluationand Methodology
„Students and practitioners of public policy and administrationare fortunate that the leading scholars on evaluation have updatedtheir outstanding book. This third edition of the Handbook ofPractical Program Evaluation will prove once again to be aninvaluable resource in the classroom and on the front lines for apublic service under increasing pressure to do more withless.“--Paul L. Posner, director, public administration, GeorgeMason University, and immediate former president, the AmericanSociety of Public Administration
„The third edition of the Handbook of Practical ProgramEvaluation reflects the evolving nature of the field, whilemaintaining its value as a guide to the foundational skills neededfor evaluation.“ --Leslie J. Cooksy, current president, theAmerican Evaluation Association
"This third edition is even more of a must-have book than itsearlier incarnations--for academics to give their students acomprehensive overview of the field, for practitioners to use as areference to the best minds on each topic, and for evaluationfunders and consumers to learn what is possible and what theyshould expect. I've been in evaluation for 35 years, and I used thefirst and second editions all the time."--Michael Hendricks, Ph. D., independent evaluation consultant
„Mix three of the most highly regarded evaluators with a team oftalented contributors, and you end up with an exceedingly practicaland useful handbook that belongs on the reference shelf of everyevaluator as well as program and policy officials.“ --JonathanD. Breul, executive director, IBM Center for The Business ofGovernment
„Joe Wholey and his colleagues have done it again--aremarkably comprehensive, thoughtful, and interesting guide to theevaluation process and its context that should be useful tosponsors, users, and practitioners alike.“ --Eleanor Chelimsky, former U. S. Assistant Comptroller General for Program Evaluationand Methodology
„Students and practitioners of public policy and administrationare fortunate that the leading scholars on evaluation have updatedtheir outstanding book. This third edition of the Handbook ofPractical Program Evaluation will prove once again to be aninvaluable resource in the classroom and on the front lines for apublic service under increasing pressure to do more withless.“--Paul L. Posner, director, public administration, GeorgeMason University, and immediate former president, the AmericanSociety of Public Administration
„The third edition of the Handbook of Practical ProgramEvaluation reflects the evolving nature of the field, whilemaintaining its value as a guide to the foundational skills neededfor evaluation.“ --Leslie J. Cooksy, current president, theAmerican Evaluation Association
"This third edition is even more of a must-have book than itsearlier incarnations--for academics to give their students acomprehensive overview of the field, for practitioners to use as areference to the best minds on each topic, and for evaluationfunders and consumers to learn what is possible and what theyshould expect. I've been in evaluation for 35 years, and I used thefirst and second editions all the time."--Michael Hendricks, Ph. D., independent evaluation consultant
