Product Description: The phrase "evidence-based policy" is frequently used, but it's crucial that such claims are scrutinized and validated. When the data on social and behavioral interventions are presented, high-quality evidence must be clearly defined and the methodology behind such studies held to rigorous standards...read more

Product Description: Opinions about education programs and practices are offered frequentlyby children, parents, teachers, and policymakers. Credible studies of the impact of programs on the performance of children are far less frequent. Researchers use a variety of tools to determine their impact and efficacy, including sample surveys, narrative studies, and exploratory research...read more

Product Description: How can one tell if a new programme has been effective or not? Is there any way to predict how a group of individuals would have fared without the new programme or service? Packed with rich and varied examples, Robert F Boruch's book untangles the complexities of randomized field experiments to enable researchers to evaluate better the impact of new programmes...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Evaluates AIDS programs dealing with health education and risk reduction, media campaigns, and HIV testing and counseling projects

Product Description: 'This book brings together.......many applications and benefits of secondary analysis and to demonstrate when and how it is most effectively performed...' from the jacket.