Alan Clarke is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey and is Course Director of the MSc degree in Social Research. Ruth Dawson is with Education Services in Southampton City Council.

This is one of the few texts available which focuses exclusively on evaluation research. The introductory chapter helps set the context for evaluation research. The following chapters explore, theory, methods and the practice of evaluation research, which are very readable. The inclusion of chapters exlporing the application of evaluation research in different contexts is useful.

• Understanding EvaluationQuality and QuantityParadigmatic Choices in Evaluation MethodologyMethods of Data CollectionEvaluating Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention ProgrammesEvaluating Health CareEvaluating SchoolsInspection as EvaluationEvaluation Utilization

Alan Clarke is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey and is Course Director of the MSc degree in Social Research. Ruth Dawson is with Education Services in Southampton City Council.

This is one of the few texts available which focuses exclusively on evaluation research. The introductory chapter helps set the context for evaluation research. The following chapters explore, theory, methods and the practice of evaluation research, which are very readable. The inclusion of chapters exlporing the application of evaluation research in different contexts is useful.

• Understanding EvaluationQuality and QuantityParadigmatic Choices in Evaluation MethodologyMethods of Data CollectionEvaluating Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention ProgrammesEvaluating Health CareEvaluating SchoolsInspection as EvaluationEvaluation Utilization

Alan Clarke is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey and is Course Director of the MSc degree in Social Research. Ruth Dawson is with Education Services in Southampton City Council.

This is one of the few texts available which focuses exclusively on evaluation research. The introductory chapter helps set the context for evaluation research. The following chapters explore, theory, methods and the practice of evaluation research, which are very readable. The inclusion of chapters exlporing the application of evaluation research in different contexts is useful.

• Understanding EvaluationQuality and QuantityParadigmatic Choices in Evaluation MethodologyMethods of Data CollectionEvaluating Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention ProgrammesEvaluating Health CareEvaluating SchoolsInspection as EvaluationEvaluation Utilization