Social Experimentation, Program Evaluation, and Public Policy

By: Thorbeck, Dewey

This volume provides a single collection some of the best articles on social experimentation and program evaluation that have appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM). Provides exposure to a variety of well-executed social experiments and evaluations for evidence-based public policy Examines the theory and conduct of evaluations and social experiments as they relate to their practical implementation in evidence-based policy making Provides exposure to the fundamental issues surrounding the conduct of evaluations as well as to the relative merits of social experiments and the ethics and use of evaluations

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140519393X
• ISBN13: 9781405193931
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.1" x 7.0"