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Be prepared for your future role in a service-oriented agency. This textbook provides practical guidance on program evaluation while avoiding replicating other course material. Drawing on over 40 years of subject knowledge, Allen Rubin describes outcome designs that are feasible for service-oriented agencies and that match the degree of certainty needed by key users of outcome evaluations. The utility and easy calculation of within-group effect sizes are outlined, which enhance the value of evaluations that lack control groups. Instructions are also given on how to write and disseminate an evaluation report in a way maximizes its chances of being used. Conducting focus group interviews and capitalising on the value of non-probabilitysamples will become second nature after following the effective and pragmatic advice mapped out chapter-by-chapter.

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'Finally, a thorough program evaluation text that covers everything! This book focuses on the practical application of program evaluation in real settings. It is well-organized and chock-full of valuable examples and tips that will help evaluators and human services professionals increase the feasibility and utility of program evaluation.' Danielle E. Parrish, Professor of Social Work, Baylor University 'Finally, a thorough program evaluation text that covers everything! This book focuses on the practical application of program evaluation in real settings. It is well-organized and chock-full of valuable examples and tips that will help evaluators and human services professionals increase the feasibility and utility of program evaluation.' Danielle E. Parrish, Professor of Social Work, Baylor University

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Allen Rubin has been teaching courses on program evaluation for over 40 years. He is the Kantambu Latting College Professor of Leadership and Change at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work, past president of the Society for Social Work and Research, and a fellow in the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.

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