Huey-Tsyh Chen
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3924345 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Huey-Tsyh Chen |
| NOMBRES | Huey-Tsyh |
| APELLIDO | Chen |
| FIRMA | CHEN H |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Akron |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1980 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2005 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Practical Program Evaluation
Theory-Driven Approach for Facilitation of Planning Health Promotion or Other Programs
This article revises and extends Chen’s (1990) theory-driven framework to address program development. The theory-driven approach to program development is useful for evaluators to facilitate stakeholders in strengthening program plans before implementation. Using this approach, evaluators are able to assist stakeholders in systematically developing a program theory for what they are proposing to do in a program. The theory-driven approach can en…
Development of a National Evaluation System to Evaluate CDC-Funded Health Department HIV Prevention Programs
This article discusses the recent experience of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in developing a national evaluation system for monitoring and evaluating health department HIV prevention programs that are funded by CDC. The foundation for such a system is evaluation guidance that establishes standardized data elements for a variety of evaluation activities. The article discusses barriers to developing such a system, strategies…
Assessing the needs of inner city youth
Using Theory to Improve Program and Policy Evaluations
Introduction: Interfacing Theory and Practice in Evaluations by Huey-tsyh Chen and Peter H. Rossi Concepts and Nature of Theory-Driven Evaluations Four Types of Theory That Can Guide Treatment Evaluations by John W. Finney and Rudolf H. Moos Theory-Driven Metaevaluation by William R. Shadish, Jr. Research Strategies and Methods Pattern Matching in Theory-Driven Evaluation: A Field Example from Psychiatric Rehabilitation by William M. K. Trochim a…
Unemployment Classifications and Subjective Well-Being
Further research on the impact of unemployment on workers and their families requires greater refinement and more precise measurement of the concept. While previous studies have indicated the effects of unemployment on a wide range of variables, such as health and well-being, many of these studies suffer from imprecision by conceptualizing unemployment too narrowly and by using too strict a dichotomy between currently employed and currently unemp…
Emerging Perspectives in Program Evaluation
Since the 1970s, intensive debates over the most appropriate method for doing program evaluation have centered on the continuing conflict between the qualitative and quantitative camps. Recently, however, there have been some major developments expanding the scope of program evaluation and creating a basis for reconciling these methodological conflicts. Emergent paspectives emphasize ideas such as using multiple methods to meet the needs of multi…
Using Theory to Improve Program and Policy Evaluations
Foundations of Program Evaluation
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Social Program Evaluation Its History, Tasks and Theory Good Theory for Social Program Evaluation PART TWO: STAGE ONE THEORIES: BRINGING TRUTH TO SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING Michael S Scriven The Science of Valuing Donald T Campbell Methodologist of the Experimenting Society PART THREE: STAGE TWO THEORIES: GENERATING ALTERNATIVES EMPHASIZING USE AND PRAGMATISM Carol H Weiss Linking Evaluation to Policy Research Joseph S Wholey E…
What Is Theoretical in Evaluation Research
Dropping in and dropping out
Evaluating the effectiveness of a court sponsored abuser treatment program
Validity in Evaluation Research
This article reviews current major methods of ensuring validity in evaluation research. In reviewing rationales advanced for the primacy of the experimental paradigm, I argue that the use of randomized experiments in program evaluation may not be as powerful as its advocates claim. Furthermore, the rigidity of the randomized experimental design may emphasize internal validity at the expense of other types of validity. Especially important, I argu…
Toward an Information Society
The impact of industrialization on the occupational structure of modern society has long been one of the major focuses in sociology. To the sociologist, a change in the occupational structure reflects not only changes in the economic relations of employment and the labor force but often significant transformations in social structure and social relations because occupation is generally regarded as the most important indicator of a person's social…
Evaluating With Sense
Arguing for more serious theorizing in connection with evaluation, this article shows that although the randomized controlled experiment conceptualized as a "black box" approach has dominated the discussions of impact assessment since the classic statements of Campbell and Stanley (1966), the use of theoretical models in connection with impact assessment can both heighten the power of experimental designs and compensatefor some of the major defic…
Flowgraph Analysis for Effect Decomposition
Current effect-decomposition methods have three major weaknesses: (1) the conceptual framework used, although appropriate for recursive models, is too narrow for use in nonrecursive models; (2) the discussion of nonrecursive models has been limited to single-loop simultaneous models; and (3) the computation procedures are complicated and laborious or they require additional computer works. This article proposes the use of a flowgraph method that …
The Multi-Goal, Theory-Driven Approach to Evaluation
A source of one of the more serious problems of evaluation research is the typical finding that evaluated programs have little or no effectiveness. Recently, claims have been made that the problem of no effect may be attributed to the inadequacy of current evaluation methodology. In this paper, the reasons for no effect in current program evaluation are analyzed theoretically. In order to cope with this problem, an alternative evaluation method, …
Evaluating the effectiveness of a court sponsored abuser treatment program
The Multi-Goal, Theory-Driven Approach to Evaluation
A source of one of the more serious problems of evaluation research is the typical finding that evaluated programs have little or no effectiveness. Recently, claims have been made that the problem of no effect may be attributed to the inadequacy of current evaluation methodology. In this paper, the reasons for no effect in current program evaluation are analyzed theoretically. In order to cope with this problem, an alternative evaluation method, …
Unemployment Classifications and Subjective Well-Being
Further research on the impact of unemployment on workers and their families requires greater refinement and more precise measurement of the concept. While previous studies have indicated the effects of unemployment on a wide range of variables, such as health and well-being, many of these studies suffer from imprecision by conceptualizing unemployment too narrowly and by using too strict a dichotomy between currently employed and currently unemp…
Validity in Evaluation Research
This article reviews current major methods of ensuring validity in evaluation research. In reviewing rationales advanced for the primacy of the experimental paradigm, I argue that the use of randomized experiments in program evaluation may not be as powerful as its advocates claim. Furthermore, the rigidity of the randomized experimental design may emphasize internal validity at the expense of other types of validity. Especially important, I argu…
Development of a National Evaluation System to Evaluate CDC-Funded Health Department HIV Prevention Programs
This article discusses the recent experience of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in developing a national evaluation system for monitoring and evaluating health department HIV prevention programs that are funded by CDC. The foundation for such a system is evaluation guidance that establishes standardized data elements for a variety of evaluation activities. The article discusses barriers to developing such a system, strategies…
Assessing the needs of inner city youth
Foundations of Program Evaluation
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Social Program Evaluation Its History, Tasks and Theory Good Theory for Social Program Evaluation PART TWO: STAGE ONE THEORIES: BRINGING TRUTH TO SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING Michael S Scriven The Science of Valuing Donald T Campbell Methodologist of the Experimenting Society PART THREE: STAGE TWO THEORIES: GENERATING ALTERNATIVES EMPHASIZING USE AND PRAGMATISM Carol H Weiss Linking Evaluation to Policy Research Joseph S Wholey E…
Toward an Information Society
The impact of industrialization on the occupational structure of modern society has long been one of the major focuses in sociology. To the sociologist, a change in the occupational structure reflects not only changes in the economic relations of employment and the labor force but often significant transformations in social structure and social relations because occupation is generally regarded as the most important indicator of a person's social…
Flowgraph Analysis for Effect Decomposition
Current effect-decomposition methods have three major weaknesses: (1) the conceptual framework used, although appropriate for recursive models, is too narrow for use in nonrecursive models; (2) the discussion of nonrecursive models has been limited to single-loop simultaneous models; and (3) the computation procedures are complicated and laborious or they require additional computer works. This article proposes the use of a flowgraph method that …
The Multi-Goal, Theory-Driven Approach to Evaluation
A source of one of the more serious problems of evaluation research is the typical finding that evaluated programs have little or no effectiveness. Recently, claims have been made that the problem of no effect may be attributed to the inadequacy of current evaluation methodology. In this paper, the reasons for no effect in current program evaluation are analyzed theoretically. In order to cope with this problem, an alternative evaluation method, …
Evaluating With Sense
Arguing for more serious theorizing in connection with evaluation, this article shows that although the randomized controlled experiment conceptualized as a "black box" approach has dominated the discussions of impact assessment since the classic statements of Campbell and Stanley (1966), the use of theoretical models in connection with impact assessment can both heighten the power of experimental designs and compensatefor some of the major defic…
Flowgraph Analysis for Effect Decomposition
Current effect-decomposition methods have three major weaknesses: (1) the conceptual framework used, although appropriate for recursive models, is too narrow for use in nonrecursive models; (2) the discussion of nonrecursive models has been limited to single-loop simultaneous models; and (3) the computation procedures are complicated and laborious or they require additional computer works. This article proposes the use of a flowgraph method that …
Toward an Information Society
The impact of industrialization on the occupational structure of modern society has long been one of the major focuses in sociology. To the sociologist, a change in the occupational structure reflects not only changes in the economic relations of employment and the labor force but often significant transformations in social structure and social relations because occupation is generally regarded as the most important indicator of a person's social…
Validity in Evaluation Research
This article reviews current major methods of ensuring validity in evaluation research. In reviewing rationales advanced for the primacy of the experimental paradigm, I argue that the use of randomized experiments in program evaluation may not be as powerful as its advocates claim. Furthermore, the rigidity of the randomized experimental design may emphasize internal validity at the expense of other types of validity. Especially important, I argu…
Evaluating the effectiveness of a court sponsored abuser treatment program
What Is Theoretical in Evaluation Research
Dropping in and dropping out
Foundations of Program Evaluation
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Social Program Evaluation Its History, Tasks and Theory Good Theory for Social Program Evaluation PART TWO: STAGE ONE THEORIES: BRINGING TRUTH TO SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING Michael S Scriven The Science of Valuing Donald T Campbell Methodologist of the Experimenting Society PART THREE: STAGE TWO THEORIES: GENERATING ALTERNATIVES EMPHASIZING USE AND PRAGMATISM Carol H Weiss Linking Evaluation to Policy Research Joseph S Wholey E…
Emerging Perspectives in Program Evaluation
Since the 1970s, intensive debates over the most appropriate method for doing program evaluation have centered on the continuing conflict between the qualitative and quantitative camps. Recently, however, there have been some major developments expanding the scope of program evaluation and creating a basis for reconciling these methodological conflicts. Emergent paspectives emphasize ideas such as using multiple methods to meet the needs of multi…
Using Theory to Improve Program and Policy Evaluations
Using Theory to Improve Program and Policy Evaluations
Introduction: Interfacing Theory and Practice in Evaluations by Huey-tsyh Chen and Peter H. Rossi Concepts and Nature of Theory-Driven Evaluations Four Types of Theory That Can Guide Treatment Evaluations by John W. Finney and Rudolf H. Moos Theory-Driven Metaevaluation by William R. Shadish, Jr. Research Strategies and Methods Pattern Matching in Theory-Driven Evaluation: A Field Example from Psychiatric Rehabilitation by William M. K. Trochim a…
Unemployment Classifications and Subjective Well-Being
Further research on the impact of unemployment on workers and their families requires greater refinement and more precise measurement of the concept. While previous studies have indicated the effects of unemployment on a wide range of variables, such as health and well-being, many of these studies suffer from imprecision by conceptualizing unemployment too narrowly and by using too strict a dichotomy between currently employed and currently unemp…
Assessing the needs of inner city youth
Development of a National Evaluation System to Evaluate CDC-Funded Health Department HIV Prevention Programs
This article discusses the recent experience of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in developing a national evaluation system for monitoring and evaluating health department HIV prevention programs that are funded by CDC. The foundation for such a system is evaluation guidance that establishes standardized data elements for a variety of evaluation activities. The article discusses barriers to developing such a system, strategies…
Theory-Driven Approach for Facilitation of Planning Health Promotion or Other Programs
This article revises and extends Chen’s (1990) theory-driven framework to address program development. The theory-driven approach to program development is useful for evaluators to facilitate stakeholders in strengthening program plans before implementation. Using this approach, evaluators are able to assist stakeholders in systematically developing a program theory for what they are proposing to do in a program. The theory-driven approach can en…
Practical Program Evaluation
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