July 14-26, 2008 - Washington, DC, USA

28 courses
July 14-26 , 2008
Washington, DC , USA

Courses are designed for practicing evaluators and those who wish to be, to help them learn new skills or polish old ones. But, others who know something about social science research and want to learn applications in evaluation or who nevertheless find themselves involved in evaluation tasks should also be challenged by the courses. It is our hope that those who attend will hone their skills in diagnosing, analyzing, designing, managing, and implementing, such that evaluations and the programs evaluated will be improved.

Text and Materials. All classes have take-home support materials. Textbooks are provided for most courses--where the books have current information and specifically apply to the content and philosophy of the subject matter as presented by the instructor. Where an appropriate text is not available, a syllabus is prepared by the instructor with supporting readings and, in most cases, copies of visuals used in class. Only one copy of the same text is given to any one individual.

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• Evaluation Research Methods: A Survey of Basic Quantitative an Qualitative Approaches, Dr. David Wilson (3 Days)
• Internal Evalution: Building Organizations from Within, Dr. Arnold Love (2 Days)
• Qualitative Evaluation Methods, Dr. Michael Q. Patton (2 Days)
• Applied Statistics for Evaluators, Dr. Ted Poister (4 Days)
• Using Program Theory and Logic Models in Evaluation, Dr. Patricia Rogers (2 Days)

• How to Build a Successful Evaluation Consulting Practice, Dr. Michael Q. Patton (1 Day)
• Qualitative Data Analysis, Dr. Patricia Rogers (2 days)
• Evaluating the Decision to Outsource/Contract Out Programs/Tasks/Functions, Professor James Kee (2 Days)

Starting Thursday, July 17:

• The Basics of Program Evaluation, Step by Step, Dr. Mark Lipsey (3 Days)
• Linking Evaluation Questions to Analysis Techniques, Dr. Mel Mark (3 days)
• Alternative Evaluation Designs considering Systems Change, Dr. Michael Patton (1 Day)

• Practical Meta-Analysis: Summarizing Results Across Studies, Dr. David Wilson (2 Days)
• Performance Measurement for Government & Nonprofit Organizations, Dr. Ted Poister (2 days)
• Designing, Managing, and Analyzing Multi-Site Evaluations, Dr. Debra Rog (2 days)

• Outcome and Impact Assessment, Dr. Mark Lipsey (3 days)
• Informing Practice Using Evaluation Models and Theories, Dr. Mel Mark (3 days)
• Applied Measurement for Evaluation, Dr. Ann Doucette
• Professional Standards and Principles for Effective and Ethical Evaluation Practice, Dr. Michael Morris (2 days)
• Sampling: Basic Methods for Probability and Non-Probability Samples, Dr. Gary Henry

Starting Tuesday, July 22:

• Applied Regression Analysis for Evaluators, Dr. Gary T. Henry (3 Days)
• Effective Reporting Strategies for Evaluators, Dr. Kathy Newcomer (1 day)

Starting Wednesday, July 23:

• Working with Evaluation Stakeholders, Dr. John Bryson (2 days)
• Design and Administration of Internet, Mail, and Mixed-Mode Surveys, Dr. Don Dillman (2 Days)

Starting Thursday, July 24:

• Creating "actionable data" for complex service systems - Example: Health Care, Dr. Ann Doucette (1 day)

Starting Friday, July 25:

• Evaluability Assessment, Dr. Debra Rog (2 days)
• Management for Evaluators and those with Oversight Responsibility, Mr. Jay Bell (2 days)
• Policy Evaluation and Analysis, Dr. Gary Henry (2 days)
• Introduction to Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Dr. Jed Kee (2 days)