Topics covered include theories of program evaluation, issues in implementation of program evaluation, and the Program Evaluation Standards. A 3 year, vertical practicum and the program's consulting firm. As student progress through the program, they take increasing responsibility for negotiating, designing, writing and presenting the results of research conducted for area agencies and businesses. T horough coverage of techniques for assessing the need for mental health and other human and health promotion services, including use of social indicators, and structured and unstructured groups. In addition to methodological techniques, the topics of data integration, presentation of results to lay audiences, and the use of spreadsheets and ARCView GIS for data manipulation and graphing are presented.
Emphasis is on application.
Presents a psychological analysis of excuses, justifications, concessions and apologies from the perspective of Fritz Heider s attribution theory. Several research strands are analyzed and original research is conducted. Seminar offered Fall 1999. Thorough coverage of the logic and techniques of experimental and quasi-experimental designs for research in applied and professional psychology and related fields. Breadth and flexibility of research designs are stressed with emphasis on analytic rather than descriptive techniques.