Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Advancing Validity in Outcome Evaluation: Theory & Practice (Jossey-Bass, 2011) Edited by Stewart I. Donaldson, Huey T. Chen, and Melvin M. Mark Table of contents: 1. Validity Frameworks for Outcome Evaluation Huey T. Chen, Stewart I. Donaldson, Melvin M. Mark
2. What Works for Whom, Where, Why, for What, and When? Using Evaluation Evidence to Take Action in Local Contexts John Gargani, Stewart I. Donaldson
3. New (and Old) Directions for Validity Concerning Generalizability Melvin M. Mark
4. Criticisms of and an Alternative to the Shadish, Cook, and Campbell Validity Typology Charles S. Reichardt
5. Reframing Validity in Research and Evaluation: A Multidimensional, Systematic Model of Valid Inference George Julnes
6. Conflict of Interest and Campbellian Validity Ernest R. House
7. The Construct(ion) of Validity as Argument Jennifer C. Greene
8. Assessing Program Outcomes From the Bottom-Up Approach: An Innovative Perspective to Outcome Evaluation Huey T. Chen, Paul Garbe
9. The Truth About Validity William R. Shadish
