Week # 15: Research Methodology and Practice Evaluation

What is evaluation? Why evaluation? Intervention–development–evaluation process, Perspectives in the classification of evaluation studies, Types of evaluation from a focus perspective, Evaluation for programme/intervention planning, 
Process/monitoring evaluation, Evaluating participation of the target population, Evaluating service delivery manner, 
Impact/outcome evaluation, Cost–benefit/cost-effectiveness evaluation, Types of evaluation from a philosophical perspective, Goal-centred/objective-oriented evaluation, Consumer-oriented/client-centred evaluation, Improvement-oriented evaluation, Holistic/illuminative evaluation, Undertaking an evaluation: the process:
Step 1: Determining the purpose of evaluation 
Step 2: Developing objectives or evaluation questions 
Step 3: Converting concepts into indicators into variables
Step 4: Developing evaluation methodology 
Step 5: Collecting data 
Step 6: Analysing data 
Step 7: Writing an evaluation report 
Step 8: Sharing findings with stakeholders 
Involving stakeholders in evaluation , Ethics in evaluation