1. EVALUATION RESEARCH
These are those types of research that evaluate the impact of social interventions.
Motivated by the desire of social scientist to make a difference in peoples lives.
Working for social change
Should Sociologists work for social change?
How can sociologists work for social change?

2. Why Evaluate?
1. Administrative Purposes
-demanded by funding source
-assess daily operations
-improve services, become more efficient
2. Impact Assessment
-what effects is program producing?
-goals identified -- How well achieved?
-Change, curtail, alter program?

3. 3. Evaluate Conventional Practices
-more social scientific
-evaluate general patterns in programs

4. Types of Evaluation Research
1. Formative
-before program is established
-planning, implementation, operation
-target population and characteristics and demographics
-aware of existing services for duplication?
-knowledge of potential intervention strategies?
-specify skills and staff needed
-feasibility?
-needs assessment

5. 2. Summative
-evaluate existing program’s effectiveness
-assessing impact
-typically more large-scale

6. Measurement
A Specifying Outcomes
1. Response variables
-have programs affected change?
a. Program Operating as Planned?
b. Program Quality?
c. Program Impact?
2. Measuring the un-measurable
-some concepts not operationalizable.