Introduction to Program Evaluation
November 17 - 21, 2008 Instructor: Art Casabianca Washington, DC $1095 February 9 - 13, 2009 Instructor: James Byrne Virginia Beach, VA $1095 March 9 - 13, 2009 Instructor: R. Kerry Bowles San Antonio, TX $1095 April 6 - 10, 2009 Instructor: Art Casabianca Washington, DC $1095 April 13 - 17, 2009 Instructor: R. Kerry Bowles Las Vegas, NV $1095 May 4 - 8, 2009 Instructor: Thomas O'Rourke Washington, DC $1095 June 1 - 5, 2009 Instructor: R. Kerry Bowles Washington, DC $1095 July 20 - 24, 2009 Instructor: Art Casabianca Philadelphia, PA $1095 August 3 - 7, 2009 Instructor: Thomas O'Rourke Washington, DC $1095 August 24 - 28, 2009 Instructor: R. Kerry Bowles San Francisco, CA $1095 September 14 - 18, 2009 Instructor: Art Casabianca Washington, DC $1095
Overview:
Evaluation identifies, discovers, generates and displays information about an organization's program effectiveness. The information shows what the organization produces, how those products affect society and how much the effect is worth. Budget hearings before Congress, as well as OMB, often require information generated by evaluations. Legislation commonly requires formal evaluation of some type as a condition for a program's existence or funding. Analysts must be able to describe programs, identify information useful in evaluation, collect reliable data and analyze it effectively.
This course is also part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis .
Employees who are new to the field of program evaluation or those who need to review the basics of program evaluation.
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Syllabus -- Introduction to Program Evaluation, PGMT7003D, Grad. School, USDA
Day one of five
Introduction to program evaluation - objectives
Program evaluation
Purpose of evaluation
Types of evaluation
Possible users of research evaluation
Phases of program evaluation
Methodological approach to program evaluation
Evaluability assessment
Identification of program goals and objectives
Goals and objectives
Program goals and objectives
Translate program objectives into measurable objectives
Analysis of target population
Hypothesis
Identifying evaluation criteria
Standards for evaluation of educational programs, projects, and materials
Evaluation tips
Day two of five
Data Collection - Objectives
Types of data
Evaluation approaches
Data collection techniques
Data collection design review process
Interviewing
Interview Guide
Interviewing Techniques
Recording the Interview
Day three of five
Research design - objectives
Introduction to research design
Validity and reliability
Factors affecting internal validity
Factors affecting external validity
Controlling for selection: ways of equating the experimental and control groups
Research design symbols
Pre-experimental designs
True experimental designs
Quasi-experimental designs
Terminology
Day four of five
Sampling
Sampling terminology
Sampling
Simple random sampling
Random number table
Systematic random sampling
Stratified random sampling
Exercise on stratified random sampling
Cluster sampling
Purposive sampling
Sample size
Example on determining sample size
Exercise on determining sample size
The W.I.C. Program
Day five of five
Data Analysis
Correlation and regression
Confidence - internal estimate for a population mean
Hypothesis tests
Cost Benefit Analysis
Type of costs
Present value of future costs and benefits
Case studies
