Program Planning and Evaluation
Which qualitative method(s) do you believe would be ideally suited to use at each stage of the planning and evaluation cycle? Justify your answer.
If you had a very limited budget but were committed to collecting and using some type of qualitative data to get at the perceptions of program participants, what might be your best option? Explain.
List the four criteria for assessing the rigor of qualitative studies. Imagine that you are planning to conduct in-depth interviews of program participants to assess program effects.
For each criterion, give one example of how you would address that criterion in your plan for the outcome evaluation.
Tips:
Start your Discussion with the Question so people know what you are discussing.
There is no specific word count, but 200-500 words are probably adequate.
Secondary responses.
To get the credit you must engage in discussion. This is your main assignment for the week. “I like what you said,” “Great article” or similar are not adequate responses.
A response has no specific word count, but likely 50-150 words are adequate.
