tailieunhanh - A Practical Guide to Evaluating Your Own Programs

This work is essentially orientated to present an introduction to the mathematical models applied to fisheries stock assessment. There are several types of courses about the methods used in fish stock assessment. One type considers practical application as the main aspect of the course, including the use of computer programs. The theoretical aspects are referred to and treated as complementary aspects. A second type is mainly concerned with the theoretical aspects of the most used models. The practical application, considered as the complementary part, facilitates the understanding of the theoretical subjects | Taking Stock A Practical Guide to Evaluating Your Own Programs by Sally L. Bond Sally E. Boyd Kathleen A. Rapp with Jacqueline B. Raphael Beverly A. Sizemore 1997 Horizon Research Inc. 111 Cloister Court - Suite 220 Chapel Hill NC 27514-2296 Development of this manual Taking Stock A Practical Guide to Evaluating Your Own Programs was made possible with the support of the DeWitt Wallace-Reader s Digest Fund which sponsors Science Linkages in the Community SLIC a national program designed and coordinated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science AAAS . Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One Why Use This Manual 1 Program Evaluation Basics Chapter Two Chapter Three Why Evaluate 5 Getting Started Framing the Evaluation 11 â Documenting Context and Needs Chapter Four What Are You Trying To Do 15 â Defining Goals and Objectives Chapter Five Finding the Right Mix 21 â Using Quantitative and Qualitative Data Chapter Six Finding the Evidence 27 â Strategies for Data Collection Chapter Seven Making Sense of the Evidence 39 â Interpreting and Reporting Your Data Examples Featuring Fictional CBOs Chapter Eight Applying This Manual 45 â How One CBO Did It Chapter Nine Applying This Manual in a Bigger Way 55 â Expanding the Evaluation Design Appendices Sample Reports Using Evaluation Data Appendix A Final Evaluation Report 71 Appendix B Proposal for Expanding a Program 75 Appendix C Annual Progress Report 81 Glossary of Terms 89 Index of Key Concepts .