Faculty Name

Brian Pittman

Document Type

Syllabi

School

HSB

Department

MMPA

Course Subject

MNM

Course Number

8120

Course Section

01

Course Title

Program Eval & Assessment

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2016

Credits

4.00

Course Description

Continuously improving the services and programs of public agencies and nonprofits is critical to their ongoing success as organizations. Truly understanding what is happening in a program, service or organization of the social or governmental sector is important to help managers and leaders to improve those programs, services, and organizations. The methodologies and tools of research and program evaluation are the means to this understanding. This course will investigate the principle methodologies of research: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. It will consider the methods employed by each to capture and utilize data.

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