Being an Evaluator
Your Practical Guide to Evaluation
Donna R. Podems
1. Speaking the Language
2. The Tale of the Researcher and Evaluator
3. Starting the Evaluative Journey
4. How We Know What We Know and Why We Think That
5. Data and Credibility: What Inquiring Evaluator Minds Need to Know
6. Linking Problem Statements, Interventions, and Results
7. All about Results
8. Talking Intervention Theory (and Logic)
9. Assessing and Evaluating Progress
10. Completing the Evaluation Journey: Pulling It All Together
II. Working as an Evaluator and Exploring Evaluation
11. The Personal Choices of Being an Evaluator
12. Thinking about Values
13. Thinking about Power, Politics, Culture, Language, and Context
14. The Scholarly Side of Being an Evaluator
15. Navigating the Maze of Evaluation Choices
16. The World of Recommendations
17. The Dirty Laundry Chapter
Epilogue