Success Stories as Hard Data: An Introduction to Results Mapping / Edition 1

by Barry M. Kibel

Overview

This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to Results Mapping, an in­ novative approach for assessing the worth of hard-to-evaluate social, health, and education programs. Results Mapping represents a true milestone in program evaluation-a milestone both as methodology for program accountability and as a technique for program improvement. It is relevant across a wide spectrum of pub­ lic health, social service, and systems-building initiatives. It introduces "new sci­ ence" into the field of program evaluation. It merges common sense with structured logic. It retains the richness of real world success stories without sacri­ ficing a hard-nosed focus on quantitative data and measurable outcomes. The contents of this book are directly pertinent for program leadership and staff, for sponsors and funders in the public and private sectors, and for those charged with assessing, documenting and analyzing the effects of program activ­ ity. Success Stories as Hard Data is designed to be readable, practical, and clear. Its author does not ignore previous scholarly work, but chooses to emphasize real­ world applications. For this Dr. Kibei is to be applauded.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306460722
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	05/31/1999
Series:	Prevention in Practice Library
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

I Theory.- 1 A Different Kind of Evaluation.- 2 Why Success Stories?.- 3 The Results Ladder.- 4 Terminology and Key Mapping Concepts.- 5 What the Mapped Data Show.- II Practice.- 6 How to Score a Results Map.- 7 Examples of Mapped Stories.- 8 Graphing.- Glossary of Key Terms.- Appendix A Answers to the Quizzes.- Appendix B Summary of Rules and Conventions.- Appendix C Questionnaire for Compiling Story Data.- Appendix D Blank Mapping Forms.- References.

Editorial Reviews

Presents an introduction to results mapping, an innovative, story- based approach for assessing the work of social, health, and education programs. This method elevates story data from anecdotal information to parity with forms of quantitative and qualitative measurement. Covers theory and practice of the method, showing how mapping techniques are used to translate narrative accounts into codes, levels, and scores of outcome-focused program performance. Includes quizes and answers, plus appendices of rules and conventions, a questionnaire for compiling data, and blank mapping forms. Kibel is affiliated with the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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