Outcomes Measurement
Resources
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Online Resources:
Survey and Questionnaire Development
A
Brief Guide to Questionnaire Development, Frary, Robert B.,
Office of Measurement and Research Service, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, http://cee.schoolsgogreen.org/PEEC/PEEC_Inst/0004E535-007EA7AB-0004E536.
This guide covers such topics as the advantages and disadvantages
of open-ended and objective questions, sample size, questionnaire
design and format and more.
Basics
of Developing Questionnaires, McNamara, Carter, Ph.D.,
through The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits, St.
Paul, MN, http://www.mapnp.org/library/evaluatn/questnrs.htm.
Provides a brief checklist of issues to consider when designing
a questionnaire, including how the questionnaire is worded, consent
and confidentiality issues and communicating the purpose of the
questionnaire.
Essentials
of Survey Research and Analysis, Workbook for Community
Researchers, Polland, Ronald Jay, Ph.D., developed for the Adolescent
Pregnancy Prevention Grant, Duval County Health Department, Jacksonville,
FL, 1998, http://www.tfn.net/%7Epolland/qbook.html.
Contains a primer on surveys, including choices relating to the
design of survey questions, information on accessing validity
and reliability, sampling considerations and testing your tool.
Other Online Resources
American
Evaluation Association, 2003, http://www.eval.org,
includes links to resources and tools for evaluation.
BJA
Evaluation Website, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Washington,
D.C., 4/22/03, http://www.bja.evaluationwebsite.org/index.html,
provides a "roadmap" to evaluation and includes useful
tools and links to evaluation resources.
CDC
Evaluation Working Group, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, GA. http://www.cdc.gov/eval/resources.htm,
contains many links related to evaluation, logic models, tools
and other evaluation-related resources.
Taking
Stock: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Your Own Programs,
Bond, Sally L., Sally E. Boyd, and Kathleen A. Rapp. 1997, http://www.horizon-research.com/reports/1997/stock.pdf,
an online guide to program evaluation.