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Community-based social services -- Evaluation.
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| Descript |
1 online resource |
| Content |
text txt |
| Media |
computer c |
| Carrier |
online resource cr |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- The Impact of Community Work: How to Gather Evidence -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of figures and tables -- Notes on the authors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- References -- Part I Thinking about impact -- 1 Impact, evidence and transformation -- Introduction: three case studies -- The intended audience for the book -- Social change or transformation -- Working in the community -- Principles underpinning community work -- Statistics and Stories -- Defining change and impact -- Transformation -- The bigger picture -- Challenge questions |
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4 Presenting findings to different audiences -- Introduction -- Planning your presentation -- Formality/informality -- Triple hermeneutic -- The voice of participants -- Why present evidence? -- How to present evidence? -- Celebration and competitions -- Choosing what to say -- Self as author -- Ethics -- Visual presentation -- Distribution of knowledge -- Challenge questions -- References -- 5 Planning and evaluating -- Introduction -- Evaluation -- Planning -- Radical and freedom research -- Types of evaluation -- Stakeholders -- Critical reflection and self-evaluation -- Judgement |
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Formative and summative evaluation -- Mixed methods -- Cost-benefit analysis -- On-the-spot evidence gathering -- Acting on recommendations -- Challenge questions -- References -- 6 Anecdote and observation -- Introduction -- Different ways of observing -- Reasons for using non-participant observation -- Attribution -- Challenges -- Recording observations -- Analysis of observations -- Theory -- Anecdotes -- Challenge questions -- References -- 7 Questionnaires -- Introduction -- Pros and cons -- When to use a questionnaire -- Questionnaire design -- Attitudes -- Question design |
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Language in questions -- Leading and loaded questions -- Checklists, rating scales and other structures for responses -- Coding of data -- Challenge questions -- References -- 8 Interviews and focus groups -- Introduction -- Planning interviews -- Conducting interviews -- Self-awareness and reflexivity -- External interviewers -- Balanced questions -- Focus groups -- Clarity of purpose -- Focus group questions -- The focus group process -- Analysis and interpretation of focus groups and interviews -- Challenge questions -- Reference -- 9 Narrative inquiry -- Introduction -- Truth |
| Alt author |
Briggs, Sue (Strategic development officer), author.
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Forrester, Kirsty, author.
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Garrett, Ed, author.
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McKay, Catherine, author.
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| ISBN |
1447343956 (electronic book) |
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9781447343950 (electronic bk.) |
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1447343948 |
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9781447343943 |
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