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Evaluation

Evaluation Resources from Insititute 1, 2011

Outcome Based Evaluation: Planning, Process & Implementation - Joan Othieno, PhD

Outcome Evaluation for Torture Treatment Centers: Concepts and Strategies - Ken Miller, PhD

Communicating/Reporting Program Outcomes - Joan Othieno, PhD

Evaluation Resources from Institute 2, 2010

Adapting & Modifying Evidence Based Practices for Group Work with Torture Survivors

Determining Client & Group Outcomes

Evaluation Webinars

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All Webinars

Resources from all webinars

Other evaluation resources

Video webinar: June 29, 2011 - Assessing Trauma and Associated Symptoms in Refugees and Torture Survivors - Dr. Michael Hollifield

Date Title
06-01-2011 Presenting Outcomes Data Clearly and Effectively
02-16-2011 Adapting & Modifying Evidence- Based Practice for Torture Survivor Programs
05-27-2009 Making Sure Client Numbers Reflect Client Reality:Part 3 in the Demonstrating Client Improvement to Yourself and Others Series
02-18-2009 Understanding and Using your Outcome Evaluation System: Part 2 in the Demonstrating Client Improvement to Yourself and Others Series
12-17-2008 Setting Up an Evaluation System to Succeed: Part 1 in the Demonstrating Client Improvement to Yourself and Others Series
10-17-2007 Measurement, Assessment, and Data in a Cross-Cultural Context: Making Sure Your Data Informs,and Doesn't Hurt, Your Services and Program

Resources from Evaluation Webinars

Demonstrating Client Improvement to Yourself and Others Webinar Series PowerPoints

Setting Up an Evaluation System to Succeed (Part 1 of 3)

Understanding and Using your Outcome Evaluation System (Part 2 of 3)

Making Sure Client Numbers Reflect Client Reality (Part 3 of 3)

Measurement, Assessment, and Data in a Cross-Cultural Context: Making Sure Your Data Informs,and Doesn't Hurt, Your Services and Program

From the Presentations

Excel Programs from Part 1

Note: Please save a copy of these files to your computer before you make changes

Excel Tracking Tool

Sample Person Level Dataset

Sample Indicator Dataset

Excel Programs from Part 2

Effect Size & Paired T-test Calculator Tool

Chi-Square Calculation Tool for Dichotomous Data

Correlation Calculation Tool

Web Pages from Part 1

American Evaluation Association: List of On-line Resources

Overview of Logic Models

Logic Model Development Guide – Kellogg Foundation (a .pdf document)

Nice, Short, Top 13 things to do when specifying evaluation outcomes

Essentials of a Good Psychological Test

Repositories of Measurement Instruments and Associated Reviews

How to Use Excel for Data Entry by the University of Tennessee's Statistical Consulting Center (a .pdf document)

Web Pages from Part 2

Effect Size Calculator

Valentine, Jeff; Cooper, Harris. Effect Size Substantive Interpretation Guidelines: Issues in the Interpretation of Effect Sizes, Washington, DC: What Works Clearinghouse (2003). Article on web (free); full article PDF (free).

Reporting Statistics in APA Style

American Evaluation Association: List of On-line Resources

Web Pages from Part 3

Test-Retest, Interrater Reliability

Instrument Reliability and Validity

Wood, Marilynn J.; Kerr, Janet C. Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research: From Question to Proposal, Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers (2011). Read the section on Reliability, p. 209-215.

Listserv from Part 3

American Evaluation Association list-serv(s)

Texts from Part 1

Rossi, P.H., Lipsey, M.W. & Freeman, H.E. (2003). Evaluation: A systematic approach. Thousand Hills, CA: Sage Publications

Texts from Part 2

Above text was mentioned again.

Pallant, J. (2007). SPSS Survival Manual: A Step by Step Guide to Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows.

Introductory Statistics Books for Reference: Feel free to buy these used or get them at the library for review:

  • Howell (Stats for Behavioral Sciences) – grad level
  • Pagano (Understanding Stats in Behavioral Sciences) – undergrad level

Texts from Part 3

Measurement and Testing (technical)

  • Introduction to Classical and Modern Test Theory (2006). Crocker and Algina
  • Test Theory: A Unified Treatment (1999) McDonald

Measurement and Culture

  • Research Design in Counseling (2007). Heppner, Wampold, and Kivlighan
  • Sue, S. & Chang, J. (2003). The state of psychological assessment in Asia. Psychological Assessment, 15(3), 306-310.
  • Cross-Cultural Measurement Webinar (Oct. 2007)

Measurement/Assessment and Practice

  • Finn, S.E. & Tonsanger, M.E. (1997). Information-gathering and therapeutic models of assessment: complementary paradigms.  Psychological Assessment, 9(4), 374-385.
  • Hilsenroth, M.J., Peters, E.J., & Ackerman, S.J. (2004). The development of therapeutic alliance during psychological assessment: patient and therapist perspectives across treatment. Journal of Personality Assessment, 83(3), 332-344.
  • Finn, S.E. & Tonsanger, M.E. (1992). Therapeutic effects of providing MMPI-2 test feedback to college students awaiting therapy.  Psychological Assessment, 4(3), 278-287.

Other Evaluation Resources

Choosing a Measure

The NCTSN's Measures Review Database has reviews of tools that measure childrens' experiences of trauma, their reactions to it, and other mental health and trauma-related issues. These tools are valuable for those who may be working with children and their parents. An excellent feature of this database is that it lists the languages in which the tool has been translated to as well as its pros and cons. For any tool you select, we encourage you to carefully read about the tool before adapting and using it.

Implications of Culture in Measurement, Research & Evaluation

  • Shoeb, Marwa; Weinstein, Harvey; Mollica, Richard. The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire: Adapting a Cross-Cultural Instrument for Measuring Torture, Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Iraqi Refugees, International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 53, No. 5, 447-463 (2007). Abstract (free); full article PDF (requires subscription).
  • Lhewa, Dechen; Banu, Sophia; Rosenfeld, Barry; Keller, Allen. Validation of a Tibetan Translation of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, Assessment, Vol. 14, No. 3, 223-230 (2007). Abstract (free); full article PDF (requires subscription).
  • Elsass, Peter; Carlsson, Jessica; Jespersen, Kristian; Phuntsok, Kalsang. Questioning western assessment of trauma among Tibetan torture survivors, TORTURE Journal Volume 19, No. 3, 200, 194-203 (2009). Full article PDF (free).
  • Hollifield, Michael; Warner, Teddy; Lian, Nityamo; Krakow, Barry; Jenkins, Janis; Kesler, James; Stevenson, Jayne; Westermeyer, Joseph. Measuring Trauma and Health Status in Refugees, JAMA Vol. 288, No. 5, 611-621 (2002). Abstract (free); full article PDF (free).
  • Davis, Rebecca Meghan; Davis, Henry. PTSD symptom changes in refugees, TORTURE Journal Vol. 16, No. 1, 10-19 (2006). Full article PDF (free).
  • Ida, DJ; JA, Davis. Research and evaluation on programs for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander populations, focal point Vol. 21, No. 2, 28-31 (2007). Full article PDF (free).

Ethics in Research Evaluation & Practice

Reporting & Interpreting Findings

  • Valentine, Jeff; Cooper, Harris. Effect Size Substantive Interpretation Guidelines: Issues in the Interpretation of Effect Sizes, Washington, DC: What Works Clearinghouse (2003). Article on web (free); full article PDF (free).

Program Evaluation

  • Program Evaluation Essentials. PowerPoint presentation (free). This presentation was developed for the Minnesota Evaluation Association in June, 2009. All rights reserved. Presentation prepared by (in alphabetical order) Edita Bucinca, Ann Mavis, Laura Pejsa, Cindy Reich, Denise Roseland, and Robert Tornberg under the direction of Dr. Jean A. King, University of Minnesota. Part of the Minnesota Evaluation Association's page on Evaluation 101.
  • Jaranson, James M.; Quiroga, José. Evaluating the services of torture rehabilitation programmes: History and recommendations. TORTURE Journal Volume 21, No. 2, 98-140 (2011). Full article PDF (free). Of note, pp.128 – 132 include an extensive discussion of the most commonly used measures under a number of categories useful to torture treatment programs.
  • Hollifield, Michael. Assessing Trauma & Associated Symptoms in Refugees & Torture Survivors. Webinar (free). Provides extensive documentation of measures and their quality. Archived at http://www.healtorture.org/hollifield-webinar