2nd Edition

Public Program Evaluation A Statistical Guide

By Laura Langbein Copyright 2012
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

This readable and comprehensive text is designed to equip students and practitioners with the statistical skills needed to meet government standards regarding public program evaluation. Even those with little statistical training will find the explanations clear, with many illustrative examples, case studies, and applications. Far more than a cookbook of statistical techniques, the book... Read more

1. What This Book Is About

2. Defensible Program Evaluations: Four Types of Validity

3. Internal Validity

4. Randomized Field Experiments

5. The Quasi Experiment

6. The Nonexperimental Design: Variations on the Multiple Regression Theme

7. Designing Useful Surveys for Evaluation

8. Summing It Up: Meta-Analysis

Biography

Laura Langbein