Practical program evaluation : assessing and improving planning, implementation, and effectiveness

By Huey-tsyh Chen. 2005

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Unpacking Black Boxes: Mechanisms and Theory Building in Evaluation (2010, background): “More recently, Chen (2005) identifies ‘‘two kinds of causal mechanisms [that] may underlie a program: mediating and moderating’’ (p. 240).”
Concept Mapping as a Technique for Program Theory Development (2005, unknown): “Sources of information used in theory specification have included stakeholder input from facilitated group work (Chen, 2005), program documentation, in-depth interviews, and observations (Bickman, 1985; Wholey, 1987), social science concepts, and previous research in the program domain (Donaldson,…”
A Systematic Review of Theory-Driven Evaluation Practice From 1990 to 2009 (2011, background): “Detailed descriptions of these typologies exceed the scope of this review and interested readers are referred to Chen (1990, 2005a, 2005b) and Donaldson (2007) for a more complete discussion.”