Handbook on the theory and practice of program evaluation
By: edited by Albert N. Link, University of North Carolina at Greensboron, USA, Nicholas S. Vonortas, the George Washington University, USA
Publisher: Edward Elgar; Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cheltenham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780857932396; 9780857932402
Subjects: Public welfare; Evaluation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction to the handbook / Nicholas S. Vonortas; title: pt. I ECONOMIC METHODS AND APPLICATIONS; title: 2. The theory and practice of public-sector R & D economic impact analysis / John T. Scott; title: 3. Micro-econometric approaches to the evaluation of technology-oriented public programmes: a non-technical review of the state of the art / Spyros Arvanitis; title: 4. Selection of a portfolio of R & D projects / Jonathan D. Linton; title: pt. II NON-ECONOMIC METHODS AND APPLICATIONS; title: 5. Peer review and expert panels as techniques for evaluating the quality of academic research / Irwin Feller; title: 6. Logic modeling: a tool for designing program evaluations / Gretchen B. Jordan; title: 7. Research value mapping and evaluation: theory and application / Gordon Kingsley; title: pt. III HYBRID METHODS AND APPLICATIONS; title: 8. Social network methodology / Nicholas S. Vonortas; title: 9. Estimating avoided environmental emissions and environmental health benefits / Sara E. Casey; title: 10. Evaluating cooperative research centers: a strategy for assessing proximal and distal outcomes and associated economic impacts / Denis O. Gray; title: pt. IV DATA-DRIVEN APPLICATIONS; title: 11. Bibliometrics as a tool for research evaluation / Julia Melkers; title: 12. Patent analysis / Patrick Thomas; title: 13. Measuring innovation with official statistics / John E. Jankowski.