Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Program Evaluation in Social Work	Concept Mapping
Πεδίο	Social Work	Social Work
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2004	1989
Δημιουργός	Evaluation-research tradition (Rossi, Lipsey, Freeman); social-work application by Royse, Thyer & Padgett	William M. K. Trochim
Τύπος	Systematic assessment of the need, design, implementation, and outcomes of a program	Mixed-method structured group conceptualization producing a visual cluster map
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Rossi, P. H., Lipsey, M. W., & Freeman, H. E. (2004). Evaluation: A Systematic Approach (7th ed.). SAGE Publications. ISBN: 9780761908944	Trochim, W. M. K. (1989). An introduction to concept mapping for planning and evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12(1), 1–16.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Social Program Evaluation, Human Services Program Evaluation, Outcome and Process Evaluation, Evaluation Research (Social Work)	Group Concept Mapping, Structured Conceptualization, Trochim Concept Mapping, Concept Mapping for Planning and Evaluation
Συναφείς	4	4
Σύνοψη	Program evaluation in social work is the systematic application of social-science methods to judge a program's need, design, implementation, outcomes, and efficiency, in order to improve programs and inform decisions about them. Drawing on the evaluation-research tradition of Rossi, Lipsey, and Freeman and adapted for social work by Royse, Thyer, and Padgett, it spans a hierarchy of evaluation questions — from whether a program is needed and well-conceived to whether it is delivered as intended, produces the intended outcomes, and is worth its cost.	Concept mapping, in the structured sense developed by William Trochim, is a mixed-method process that lets a group develop a shared conceptual framework on a topic and represent it as a visual map. Participants generate statements about a focus question, sort them into thematic piles, and rate them; multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis then turn those sortings into a two-dimensional map of clustered ideas. Widely used in social-work and human-services planning and evaluation, it combines the openness of group brainstorming with the rigor of quantitative analysis to surface and structure stakeholder thinking.