Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgments

The writing of this book has required the help and encouragement of many others. We thank Jossey-Bass, our publisher, for delineating so clearly, following its marketing analysis, what content should be emphasized in a book on program evaluation. In particular, we owe a special thanks to Jossey-Bass/Wiley senior editor Andrew Pasternack and associate editor Seth Schwartz for their ongoing support and encouragement and to Francie Jones for her expert assistance in editing the draft manuscript. We regret deeply Mr. Pasternack's untimely death.

We also thank the numerous doctoral students in the Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation (IDPE) program at Western Michigan University (WMU) and students from other WMU programs who field-trialed ...