An Evaluation Primer

by Arlene Fink, Jacqueline Kosecoff

An Evaluation Primer is the leading one-volume practitioner′s guide to the field of evaluation. It takes the reader (student, human services practitioner, or programme administrator) through the step-by-step process of designing, implementing and reporting on evaluation. The Primer is concise and clearly written, making it ideal for self-teaching and classroom use.

95 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1980

About the author

Arlene Fink (Ph.D.) is Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, and president of the Langley Research Institute. Her main interests include evaluation and survey research and the conduct of research literature reviews as well as the evaluation of their quality. Dr. Fink has conducted scores of literature reviews and evaluation studies in public health, medicine, and education. She is on the faculty of UCLA's Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and is a scientific and evaluation advisor to UCLA's Gambling Studies and IMPACT (Improving Access, Counseling & Treatment for Californians with Prostate Cancer) programs. She consults nationally and internationally for agencies such as L'institut de Promotion del la Prevention Secondaire en Addictologie (IPPSA) in Paris, France, and Peninsula Health in Victoria, Australia. Professor Fink has taught and lectured extensively all over the world and is the author of over 135 peer-reviewed articles and 15 textbooks.