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From:         Ricardo L G=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=F3mez?= 
Subject: Re: Q for program evaluation
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Dear Steven,

Thank you very, very much for the information.

Ricardo


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Ricardo Gomez
Center for International Education
University of Massachusetts-Amherst


Quoting "BROWN, STEVEN" :

>
> Ricardo Gomez states that by program evaluation he means =E2=80=9Cliter=
ature on how
> Q has been used for conducting needs assessment, evaluating social prog=
rams,
> projects, interventions, organizations, or any other evaluation endeavo=
rs.=E2=80=9D
>  There are probably several previous studies of this kind.  Three of an=
 older
> vintage that come readily to mind are the following:
>
> Eisenthal, S. (1973).  Evaluation of a community mental health role usi=
ng a
> structured Q sort.  Community Mental Health Journal, 9, 25-33.
>
> Oring, K.E.,  Plihal, J. (1993).  Using Q-methodology in program evalua=
tion:
> A case study of student perceptions of actual and ideal dietetics educa=
tion.
> Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 93, 151-157.
>
> Thrush, R.S. (1957).  An agency in transition: The case of a counseling
> center.  Journal of Counseling Psychology, 4, 183-189.
>
> Of potential utility are some of the following, which are mainly
> methodological but which contain illustrations that bear on evaluation:
>
> Brown, S.R. (1985).  The subjective side of enterprise: Organizational
> dimensions and decision structures.  Presented at a panel on =E2=80=9CI=
ntensive
> Methods for Policy Sciences,=E2=80=9D Fifth Policy Sciences Summer Inst=
itute and
> the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Austin, TX.
> Available http://facstaff.uww.edu/cottlec/QArchive/enterpr.htm.  This
> contains an evaluation study of a social agency and an assessment of an
> academic department.
>
> Brown, S.R. (2002).  Structural and functional information.  Policy Sci=
ences,
> 35, 285-304.  This is a hypothetical assessment used to make a methodol=
ogical
> point; the principles are of wide applicability.
>
> Brown, S.R. (2005).  Applying Q methodology to empowerment.  In D. Nara=
yan
> (Ed.), Measuring empowerment: Cross-disciplinary perspectives (pp. 197-=
215).
> Washington, DC: The World Bank.  Some of the illustrations in this chap=
ter
> are program evaluations.
>
> Brown, S.R. (2006).  A match made in heaven: A marginalized methodology=
 for
> studying the marginalized.  Quality & Quantity, 40, 361-382.  The secti=
on on
> Latin American development might qualify as a needs assessment.
>
> Brown, S.R., Durning, D.W., & Selden, S.C. (2008).  Q methodology.  In =
K.
> Yang & G.J. Miller (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in public
> administration (2nd ed., pp. 721-763).  New York: CRC Press/Taylor & Fr=
ancis.
>  The many examples in this and the next chapter contain some on program=
 and
> organizational evaluation.
>
> Durning, D.W., & Brown, S.R. (2007).  Q methodology and decision making=
. In
> G. Mor=C3=A7=C3=B6l (Ed.), Handbook of decision making (pp. 537-563). N=
ew York: CRC
> Press (Taylor & Francis Group), 2007.
>
> Gargan, J.G., & Brown, S.R. (1993). "What is to be done?"  Anticipating=
 the
> future and mobilizing prudence.  Policy Sciences, 26, 347=E2=80=91359. =
 This and
> the next example are more in the way of strategic planning than retrosp=
ective
> evaluations.
>
> Maxwell, J.P., & Brown, S.R. (1999). Identifying problems and generatin=
g
> solutions under conditions of conflict.  Operant Subjectivity, 23, 31-5=
1.
>
> Wolf, A., Turner, D., & Toms, K. (2009).  Ethical perspectives in progr=
am
> evaluation.  In D.M. Mertens & P. Ginsberg (Eds.), The handbook of soci=
al
> research ethics (pp. 170-X).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  I have just see=
n
> reference to this book
>
,
> which has apparently not yet been released.
>
> I might mention a couple of dissertations in progress that bear on vari=
ous
> features of the evaluative process:
>
> Baptiste, L. (in progress).  Defining the process use concept across
> evaluation approaches.  Kent State University, Department of Evaluation=
 and
> Measurement, Graduate School of Education, Health, and Human Services. =
 This
> is mainly conceptual, i.e., it uses Q to help clarify the concept of pr=
ocess
> use within the evaluation process.  David Fetterman, one of the foremos=
t
> authorities on evaluation, is an external member of the advisory commit=
tee
> for this dissertation.
>
> Mutuku, C.M. (in progress).  Youth perspectives on their empowerment in
> Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Kenya.  Kent State University, Departme=
nt of
> Political Science.  As with the Gargan and Maxwell articles above, this=
 study
> is more akin to strategic planning, i.e., is prospective rather than
> retrospective in orientation.
>
> I=E2=80=99m sure that others can chime in with references to other stud=
ies on
> evaluation.
>
> ___________________________________________
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>  Not just live and let live, but live and help live. (from a fortune co=
okie)
>
>
>
> On 6/28/09 11:35 PM, "Ricardo Gomez"  wrote:
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> thanks heaps for your swift reply. I'll check the website. When I say
> "Program evaluation" I mean literature on how Q has been used for
> conducting needs assessment, evaluating social programs, projects,
> interventions, organizations, or any other evaluation endeavors.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ricardo
>


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Ricardo G=F3mez
Center for International Education
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, School of Education
http://www.umass.edu/cie/