1. Patty Howell Rita DeMaria, Ph.D. Scott Gardner, Ph.D
Research and Evaluation: The Basics June 2008 Smart 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
Example of wives rating husband’s moods