Nick L Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 5451828 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nick L Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nick L |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH N L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Education Northwest |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4478-2772 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Monitoring and Evaluation of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (Award): An Exemplar of Managing for Impact in Development Evaluation
Five Years of HHS Home Health Care Evaluations: Using Evaluation to Change National Policy
Looking Ahead: The Future of Evaluation
Aspects of Successful Evaluation Practice at an Established Private Evaluation Firm
Introduction to the Forum: Advances in Evaluating Evaluation Theory
Characterizing the Evaluand in Evaluating Theory
Prior evaluations of evaluation theory have been problematic due in part to confusion about what exactly is being assessed. After drawing distinctions among evaluation theories, models, and approaches, the author examines three aspects of evaluation models and considers how the evaluation of a model depends on which aspect is being examined. The aspects considered include a model as a statement of ideology, a model as an operational strategy, and…
Evaluation Exemplar: Exemplary Aspects of a Small Group-Randomized Local Educational Program Evaluation
Evaluation Exemplar: The Critical Importance of Stakeholder Relations in a National, Experimental Abstinence Education Evaluation
This piece describes Mathematicaâ€TMs abstinence education evaluation, provides interviews with the evaluationâ€TMs two lead authors (Trenholm and Devaney), and offers reflections on the study
Identifying Unique Ethical Challenges of Indigenous Field-Workers: A Commentary on Alexander and Richman's “Ethical Dilemmas in Evaluations Using Indigenous Research Workers”
In contrast with nonindigenous workers, to what extent do unique ethical problems arise when indigenous field-workers participate in field studies? Three aspects of study design and operation are considered: data integrity issues, risk issues, and protection issues. Although many of the data quality issues that arise with the use of indigenous workers appear similar to those found in conventional studies, unique problems may arise in terms of ris…
Empowerment Evaluation as Evaluation Ideology
As with many forms of evaluation, empowerment evaluation can be viewed as an ideology that promotes a particular set of social and professional values. Judging the quality and utility of empowerment evaluation thus requires a critical appraisal of the implications of adopting those values
Increasing cultural sensitivity in evaluation practice: A South Korean illustration
An Analysis of Ethical Challenges in Evaluation
International Students’ Reflections on the Cultural Embeddedness of Evaluation Theory
Locally adapted and culturally sensitive evaluation approaches are needed throughout the world. International students studying evaluation theory in the U.S. must both understand evaluation theory itself, and have a good grasp of the U.S. context in which it was developed and intended for use. They must then attempt to translate the theory into their own contexts, adjusting for differences in culture and socio-political realities, and assess its …
Discovering research resources: Researchers' use of libraries and other information sources
In 2001 the newly established Research Support Libraries Group, set up jointly by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the British Library, in partnership with the higher education funding bodies for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the national libraries of Scotland and Wales, commissioned an extensive research study of the working patterns and research behaviour of academic and other researchers in the UK. Researchers’ U…
A Framework for Characterizing the Practice of Evaluation, with Application to Empowerment Evaluation
As the evaluation profession experiences a widening diversity of theory, method, and practice, there is a growing need for some means of characterizing significant similarities and differences in evaluation approaches. To that end, a framework is presented which consists of six aspects: context, purpose and social role, phenomena of interest, procedural rules, methods of justification, and sanctions. The utility of the framework is illustrated th…
Designing Investigative Evaluations: Problem Solution Versus Client Responsiveness
The predominant purpose of most investigative social program evaluations has been the amelioration of social problems; however, increasing client demands, shifting evaluator roles and methodological innovations have all influenced evaluators to become increasingly responsive to client interests. Concerns have been raised that evaluations cannot simultaneously emphasize both problem solutions and client responsiveness, and that to emphasize client…
Professional reasons for declining an evaluation contract
Professional evaluation is a market-based activity in which economic considerations play a dominant role. But are there ever professional reasons for turning down an evaluation contract? Considering how evaluations can promote either guild maintenance interests or societal improvement interests illuminates several dilemmas in the proper conduct of evaluation and suggests the need for greater explicit attention to what it means for the evaluation …
Considerations on the development of culturally relevant evaluation standards
The context of investigations in cross-cultural evaluations
Flexibility in the evaluation of emergent programs
The applicability of selected evaluation models to evolving investigative designs
Citizen involvement in evaluation: Empirical studies
Evaluation: The Road Not Taken by Sociologists
The Evaluation Enterprise: A Realistic Appraisal of Evaluation Careers, Methods, and Applications
(1983). The Evaluation Enterprise: A Realistic Appraisal of Evaluation Careers, Methods, and Applications. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 595-598
New Techniques for Evaluation
Introduces evaluators to a range of new techniques, including cost analysis methods, exploratory data analysis (for discovering unknown and unexpected relationships within data), criticism methods (for appraising evaluations themselves), product evaluation methods, and journalistic methods (for structuring investigations, interpreting archives, and interviewing hostile evaluatees). Case studies, illustrations, and references are also provided
The Evaluation of Educational Journals Through the Study of Citations
There has been considerable study of journals in psychology, both through the collection of ratings of excellence by journal readers (Koulack & Keselman, 1975, Mace & Warner, 1973) and through the study of journal citations (Buss & McDermott, 1976; Porter, 1976; Rushton & Roediger, 1978; White & White, 1977). There has been less study of educational journals, one of the most recent efforts being that of Luce and Johnson (1978) who collected ratin…
An Analysis of Ethical Challenges in Evaluation
Evaluation Exemplar: The Critical Importance of Stakeholder Relations in a National, Experimental Abstinence Education Evaluation
This piece describes Mathematicaâ€TMs abstinence education evaluation, provides interviews with the evaluationâ€TMs two lead authors (Trenholm and Devaney), and offers reflections on the study
New Techniques for Evaluation
Introduces evaluators to a range of new techniques, including cost analysis methods, exploratory data analysis (for discovering unknown and unexpected relationships within data), criticism methods (for appraising evaluations themselves), product evaluation methods, and journalistic methods (for structuring investigations, interpreting archives, and interviewing hostile evaluatees). Case studies, illustrations, and references are also provided
Looking Ahead: The Future of Evaluation
Empowerment Evaluation as Evaluation Ideology
As with many forms of evaluation, empowerment evaluation can be viewed as an ideology that promotes a particular set of social and professional values. Judging the quality and utility of empowerment evaluation thus requires a critical appraisal of the implications of adopting those values
Designing Investigative Evaluations: Problem Solution Versus Client Responsiveness
The predominant purpose of most investigative social program evaluations has been the amelioration of social problems; however, increasing client demands, shifting evaluator roles and methodological innovations have all influenced evaluators to become increasingly responsive to client interests. Concerns have been raised that evaluations cannot simultaneously emphasize both problem solutions and client responsiveness, and that to emphasize client…
Professional reasons for declining an evaluation contract
Professional evaluation is a market-based activity in which economic considerations play a dominant role. But are there ever professional reasons for turning down an evaluation contract? Considering how evaluations can promote either guild maintenance interests or societal improvement interests illuminates several dilemmas in the proper conduct of evaluation and suggests the need for greater explicit attention to what it means for the evaluation …
The Evaluation Enterprise: A Realistic Appraisal of Evaluation Careers, Methods, and Applications
(1983). The Evaluation Enterprise: A Realistic Appraisal of Evaluation Careers, Methods, and Applications. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 595-598
Noncausal Inquiry in Education
Aspects of Successful Evaluation Practice at an Established Private Evaluation Firm
Characterizing the Evaluand in Evaluating Theory
Prior evaluations of evaluation theory have been problematic due in part to confusion about what exactly is being assessed. After drawing distinctions among evaluation theories, models, and approaches, the author examines three aspects of evaluation models and considers how the evaluation of a model depends on which aspect is being examined. The aspects considered include a model as a statement of ideology, a model as an operational strategy, and…
Requirements for a discipline of evaluation
Sources of values influencing educational evaluation
The validity of citizen judgments in community interventions: II. Judgments of intervention utility
An attempt was made to confirm the validity of citizen judgments of the utility of community interventions by establishing that such judgments are related to (a) process outcome measures, (b) community need for the intervention, and (c) the amount of change agent support provided. A stepwise-multiple regression analysis of data collected in four rural school districts employing the same community change intervention found that citizen judgments w…
The validity of citizen judgments in community interventions: I. Judgments of community need
Several major reviews of educational innovation projects have recently suggested that self-perceived need for change is a critical factor in the successful implementation of an educational intervention. A field study of community change interventions in six rural school districts was conducted to determine whether the communities' self perceived need for change was in fact related to their degree of involvement in the change process. Such a relat…
The Profession and Practice of Program Evaluation
Writing effective evaluation reports
Evaluating evaluation methods
Evaluation reflections
Research Notes: Noncausal Inquiry in Education
Noncausal Inquiry in Education
The Evaluation of Educational Journals Through the Study of Citations
There has been considerable study of journals in psychology, both through the collection of ratings of excellence by journal readers (Koulack & Keselman, 1975, Mace & Warner, 1973) and through the study of journal citations (Buss & McDermott, 1976; Porter, 1976; Rushton & Roediger, 1978; White & White, 1977). There has been less study of educational journals, one of the most recent efforts being that of Luce and Johnson (1978) who collected ratin…
New Techniques for Evaluation
Introduces evaluators to a range of new techniques, including cost analysis methods, exploratory data analysis (for discovering unknown and unexpected relationships within data), criticism methods (for appraising evaluations themselves), product evaluation methods, and journalistic methods (for structuring investigations, interpreting archives, and interviewing hostile evaluatees). Case studies, illustrations, and references are also provided
The Creative Process: A Study of Its Characteristics in R&D Knowledge Production
Citizen involvement in evaluation: Empirical studies
Evaluation: The Road Not Taken by Sociologists
The Evaluation Enterprise: A Realistic Appraisal of Evaluation Careers, Methods, and Applications
(1983). The Evaluation Enterprise: A Realistic Appraisal of Evaluation Careers, Methods, and Applications. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 595-598
Flexibility in the evaluation of emergent programs
The applicability of selected evaluation models to evolving investigative designs
The context of investigations in cross-cultural evaluations
Considerations on the development of culturally relevant evaluation standards
Designing Investigative Evaluations: Problem Solution Versus Client Responsiveness
The predominant purpose of most investigative social program evaluations has been the amelioration of social problems; however, increasing client demands, shifting evaluator roles and methodological innovations have all influenced evaluators to become increasingly responsive to client interests. Concerns have been raised that evaluations cannot simultaneously emphasize both problem solutions and client responsiveness, and that to emphasize client…
Professional reasons for declining an evaluation contract
Professional evaluation is a market-based activity in which economic considerations play a dominant role. But are there ever professional reasons for turning down an evaluation contract? Considering how evaluations can promote either guild maintenance interests or societal improvement interests illuminates several dilemmas in the proper conduct of evaluation and suggests the need for greater explicit attention to what it means for the evaluation …
A Framework for Characterizing the Practice of Evaluation, with Application to Empowerment Evaluation
As the evaluation profession experiences a widening diversity of theory, method, and practice, there is a growing need for some means of characterizing significant similarities and differences in evaluation approaches. To that end, a framework is presented which consists of six aspects: context, purpose and social role, phenomena of interest, procedural rules, methods of justification, and sanctions. The utility of the framework is illustrated th…
Discovering research resources: Researchers' use of libraries and other information sources
In 2001 the newly established Research Support Libraries Group, set up jointly by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the British Library, in partnership with the higher education funding bodies for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the national libraries of Scotland and Wales, commissioned an extensive research study of the working patterns and research behaviour of academic and other researchers in the UK. Researchers’ U…
Increasing cultural sensitivity in evaluation practice: A South Korean illustration
Psychology (30 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (26 works) · Computer Science (19 works) · Engineering (19 works) · Political science (17 works) · Evaluation methods (16 works) · Mathematics education (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Management science (11 works) · Program evaluation (9 works)