Evaluation Practice among Community-Based Organizations: Research into the Reality

Autor/in	Carman, Joanne G.
Titel	Evaluation Practice among Community-Based Organizations: Research into the Reality
Quelle	In: American Journal of Evaluation, 28 (2007) 1, S.60-75 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-2140
DOI	10.1177/1098214006296245
Schlagwörter	Mail Surveys; Program Evaluation; Community Organizations; Phenomenology; Data Collection; Research Methodology; Research Design; Responsibility; Robustness (Statistics); Financial Support; Evaluation Research; Developmental Disabilities; Community Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erhebungsinstrument; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Data capture; Datensammlung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungsdesign; Verantwortungsübernahme; Zuständigkeit; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Finanzielle Förderung; Evaluationsforschung; Entwicklungsstörung; Community; Development; Entwicklung
Abstract	Increasingly, government, foundations, and others are asking community-based organizations for more evaluation information. Although the demand for this information may be increasing, the field knows very little about the way organizations are responding to this demand. Using data collected from interviews and a mail survey of community-based organizations, this article addresses five research questions: (a) What types of activities do community-based organizations use to evaluate their programs? (b) What types of data do they collect? (c) How do they collect data? (d) Who has the primary responsibility for conducting evaluation? and (e) Where does the funding come from? The answers to these questions are intended to serve as the basis for future discussions about building evaluation capacity and improving community-based services. (Contains 5 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10