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Mixed Methods for Policy Research and Program Evaluation

English

By (author): Carolyn J. Heinrich Patricia E. Burch

This practical text equips students, researchers, and policymakers in the social sciences with the tools they need for applying mixed methods in policy research and program evaluation, from design, through data collection, and dissemination. Emphasizing the how-tothe set of conceptual and active tasks carried out by mixed methods researchersthe book is illustrated with rich case studies from the authors own research projects in education and public policy. These examples help readers identify and explain policy and program impacts and better understand the why and how of observed effects. Throughout the book, the authors describe challenges that both beginners and advanced scholars are likely to encounter when doing mixed methods research and recommend practical tools available to address them.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 430g
  • Dimensions: 187 x 231mm
  • Publication Date: 30 Apr 2015
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781452276625

About Carolyn J. HeinrichPatricia E. Burch

Patricia Burch (PhD Stanford University) is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles California. Burchs research focuses on education policy organizational and institutional theory qualitative and mixed methods research and evidence based policy and practice. Burchs recent publications include Mixed Methods Research for Policy and Program Evaluation (SAGE 2016). Hidden Markets: The New Education Privatization (Routledge 2009) Equal Scrutiny: Privatization and Accountability in Digital Education (Harvard Education Press 2015). Burchs work has appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis Teachers College Record Educational Researcher and other notable journals. Burch regularly collaborates with government agencies and non-governmental organizations on program evaluation and in improving program design and policy effectiveness with specific attention to equity and quality. Carolyn J. Heinrich (PhD University of Chicago) is the Sid Richardson professor of public affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs affiliated professor of economics and the director of the Center for Health and Social Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Heinrichs research focuses on social welfare policy workforce development education econometric methods for social program evaluation and public management and performance management. She engages in research and evaluation work to improve education and training outcomes in programs for disadvantaged youth; labor market intermediaries and labor market outcomes for low-skilled and disadvantaged workers; healthcare systems transformation and their implications for the disadvantaged; and poverty reduction programs. She regularly consults and collaborates with government agencies and nongovernmental organizations on program evaluations and in improving program and policy design and program effectiveness. In 2004 Heinrich received the David N. Kershaw Award for distinguished contributions to the field of public policy analysis and management by a person under age 40 and in 2010 she was elected to the National Academy of Public Administration. Prior to her appointment at the University of Texas in July 2011 she was the director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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