Research Method and Evaluation Practices

Social Scientist
Rossi, Free men, Lipse

Evaluation
Evaluation is the process of applying scientific procedures to accomodate reliable of valid evidence in the manner. The extent to which scientific activity produced pertiular effects outcomes.

Concept => Process => Interviewing or Programs => Make informed Decision

Programe Evaluation

Social research produce to systematically to investigate the effectiveness of the intervention programes.

Client Center / Customer Oriented Evaluation

It may be qualitative or quantitative methods to findout how client feels about various aspects of programs, you can even use mix of the two to fid out consumer perception openions

Improvement Oriented Evaluation

Evaluation should be improvement "Not to prove but to improve"

Holistic Oriented

It tries through highlights over complex arrangements of questions , issue and factors and to identify procedures that give both desireable and undesireable.

Goal Oriented Evaluation

In this philosphy the success and the failure of programes should be based upon on the extent of suitable between objectives of the programes of its actual outcomes.

Classification

Focus on the Evaluation => Programes / Planning Evaluation => Process /Monitoring Evaluation => Impact/Outcomes Evaluation => Cost Benefit/Cost Effectiveness Evaluation

Philosphical Orientation of Evaluation => Goal Oriented Eval => Customer Orieted / Client Centeral Eval =>Improvement Oriented => Holistic Oriented