LOOK AT PARTICIPANT-OBSERVATION

• NCJ Number: 39424
• Journal: EVALUATION Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Dated: (1973) Pages: 46-49
• Author(s): E M Glaser; T E Backer
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: Evaluation
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN OVERVIEW OF AN EVALUATION TECHNIQUE, PARTICIPATION-OBSERVATION, THAT INVOLVES A CLINICAL APPROACH TO PROGRAM ASSESSEMENT.

Abstract

THIS FORM OF EVALUATIVE RESEARCH IS USEFUL AS A DATA-GATHERING STRATEGY BECAUSE IT PERMITS MORE OR LESS CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION OF A PROGRAM'S STAFF AND/OR SERVICE RECIPIENTS WHILE THE PROGRAM IS IN OPERATION. THE AUTHORS ALLEGE THAT PARTICIPANT-OBSERVATION CAN BE MOST EFFICIENT WHEN COMBINED WITH CASE STUDIES, PRE- AND POST-TEST STUDIES, ANALYSIS OF STATISTICAL DATA, DOCUMENT ANALYSIS, AND SOME INTERVIEWING. THEY BELIEVE ITS POTENTIAL WARRANTS ITS INCLUSION IN THE EVALUATOR'S BATTERY OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP