Although the general conceptual basis appeared far earlier, theory-driven evaluation came
to prominence only a few decades ago with the appearance of Chen’s 1990 book Theory-…

… Chris LS Coryn. It is intended for use as a textbook for … Coryn and I received and
addressed constructive feedback from … Coryn and I do not claim, for this volume, all-encompassing …

Evaluations of behavioral health interventions have identified many that are potentially
effective. However, clinicians and other decision makers typically lack the time and ability to …

Participatory evaluation approaches have a relatively long history of advocacy and application
in the international development evaluation community. Despite widespread use and …

Purpose Although the mobile phone has been conspicuously proliferated in the past decades,
little is known about its influence; especially its effect on student learning and academic …

Legitimate knowledge claims about causation have been a central concern among evaluators
and applied researchers for several decades and often have been the subject of heated …

This article presents the development and evaluation of a measurement device designed to
assess elementary-aged students' social-emotional learning needs. A sample of 633 fourth-, …

Objective In this study, the authors investigated the psychometric properties of a modified
version of the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) – a self‐report instrument …

Threats to the validity of inferences and conclusions regarding the effects of applied interventions
have been a major dilemma for social scientists and evaluators for several decades. …

Background: Measurement is an indispensable aspect of conducting both quantitative and
qualitative research and evaluation. With respect to qualitative research, measurement …