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Research and Evaluation: The Basics June 2008 Smart Marriages, Happy Families

Discover how to evaluate program success, gather meaningful data, and avoid common research pitfalls with practical methods and examples.

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Research and Evaluation: The Basics June 2008 Smart Marriages, Happy Families

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  1. Research and Evaluation:The BasicsJune 2008Smart Marriages, Happy Families Patty Howell Rita DeMaria, Ph.D. Scott Gardner, Ph.D

  2. Evaluation • Is my program accomplishing the goals and objectives? • How do participants view and experience the service?

  3. What’s good and what’s bad research? • Don’t do anything • Touchy Feely • Sample problems (biased) • No Control • Too Broad (change the world) • Bad Measures • Random Assignment

  4. Something is Much Better than Nothing!

  5. Ways of Collecting Data • Insider vs. Outsider • Questionnaires • Self-Anchored Rating Scales (Likert) • Interviews • Behavioral Observations (self and others, ratings) • Example of Husband TV Habits • Timed Daily logs • “Hard” measures

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