How to Design a Program Evaluation Book

	Acknowledgments	7
Chapter 1.	An Introduction to Evaluation Design	9
	Designs in Summative Evaluation	11
	Designs in Formative Evaluation	14
	Evaluation Where Design Presents Problems: Programs Aimed at Special Populations	20
	For Further Reading	24
Chapter 2.	The Elements of Design	25
	Groups	25
	The Times at Which Measurements Are Made	35
	Selecting a Design	48
Chapter 3.	Designs--An Overview	55
	The Notation Used for Diagramming Each Design	55
Design 1	The True Control Group, Pretest-Posttest Design	56
Design 2	The True Control Group, Posttest Only Design	57
Design 3	The Non-Equivalent Control Group, Pretest-Posttest Design	58
Design 4	The Single Group Time Series Design	58
Design 5	The Time Series with a Non-Equivalent Control Group	61
Design 6	The Before-and-After Design	62
	Major Threats to the Implementation of Designs	62
	For Further Reading	64
Chapter 4.	Designs 1, 2, and 3: The Control Group Designs	65
Design 1	The True Control Group, Pretest-Posttest Design	65
Design 2	The True Control Group, Posttest Only Design	80
Design 3	The Non-Equivalent Control Group, Pretest-Posttest Design	86
	For Further Reading	96
Chapter 5.	Designs 4 and 5: The Time Series Designs	97
Design 4	The Single Group Time Series Design	97
Design 5	The Time Series with a Non-Equivalent Control Group	114
Chapter 6.	Design 6: The Before-and-After Design	117
Design 6	The Before-and-After Design	117
Chapter 7.	A More Complex Design: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)	128
	Summary	137
	For Further Reading	139
Chapter 8.	How to Randomize	140
	The Unit of Analysis Problem	140
	Random Assignment of Students, Classrooms, or Schools to Programs	144
	Selecting a Random Sample	161
	For Further Reading	165
	References	166
	Index	167