Quiz 5
Terms
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3 purposes of program evaluation
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To assess the ultimate success of programs
To assess problems with program implementation
To assist in program planning and development
- 4 more ways to prmote rigor in qualititative studies
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Prolonged engagement
Use more than one data source
Negative case analysis
As often as possible, analyze text in the words of the participants rather than your interpretation of thse words
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4 qualitative methodologies
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1. Qualitative interviews
2. Case studies
3. Field or observational research
4. Participatory action research
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4 ways to promote rigor in qualitative studies
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Clearly identify research design, procedures of data collection, raw data conversion, and data analysis PRIOR to emabarking on the study
Auditing - keep documentation that would allow someone else to track the research process
Use additiona
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5 reasons that caused the relatively recent emphasis on program evaluation
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Emphasis on agency accountability
Heightened competition for external funding
Dependency on managed care, where cost effectiveness and efficiency are emphasized
Impact research or practice effectiveness
Move to evidence-based pr
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5 reasons to choose qualitative methodology
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1. Researchers conviciont
2. Nature of the problem
3. To clarify and illustrate quatitiatve findings
4. To build new research instruments
5. To evaluate programs, develop policy, and develop knowled
- Describe four aspects of what you want to evaluate
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Purpose of the program
Expected outcome
Intended beneficiaries
Activities
- Ethnography
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Emphasizes observation in the natural environment, focusing on detailed and accurate descriptions of reality from the perspective of those being observed
- Formative evaluations
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Focus on obstaining information that is helpful in program planning, development and implementation
Process evaluation -- how services are delivered
- Four roles of researcher
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1. Complete participant: researcher is seen only as a participant in the group
2. Participant-as-observer: researcher role is revealed; still full participation
3. Observer-as-participant: researcher role is re
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Grounded theory
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Inductive process of creating theory from observations
--process of constant comparisons
--not designed to confirm or disconfirm specific hypotheses
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Heuristic inquiry
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Experience firsthand the phenomenon under study, using introspection to examine one's own thoughts and feelings
- Key terms of Qualitative Inquiry
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Ethnography
Phenomenology
Heuristic inquiry
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Make sure you
- Study the slides as well
- Phenomenology
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The researcher seeks to fully understand how a phenomena is experienced by his/her subjects
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Qualitative field research
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A method of observational research in which the issue under study is observed directly in a natural setting
- Qualitative Research
- Focuses on natural discovery
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Qualitative research
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Is idiographic
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Qualitiative data gathered by
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participant observation, direct observation, case studies, intensive interviewing, and similar methods that are not easily reduced to numbers or other quantification
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Qualitiative interviews
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Life history
Focus groups
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Qualitiative research is most often guided by
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Interpretivist/constructivist (and related) paradigms
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Steps in Field Research
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1. Establish specific goals of research 2. Review the relevant literature, both technical and non-technical 3. Determine the role of researcher 4. Make use of informants 5. Gain entry into the group for study 6.
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Summative evaluation
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Focus on program effects and generalizability of program outcomes to other settings and populations
Often referred to as "outcome evaluations."
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Theoretical sampling
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Begin with cases similar to original observations, until saturation is reached, then select different types of cases and repeat the process