Thesis
Facilitator and program participant attitudes and beliefs about program evaluation
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2008
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102042
Abstract
The current study was designed to explore facilitators' and program participant attitudes about evaluation. The hypotheses of the research were 1) facilitators will be significantly more negative in their attitudes about evaluation than program participants, 2) facilitators' own attitudes will be significantly and positively correlated with their perception of program participant attitudes, and 3) facilitators will think that program participants will have more negative attitudes about evaluation than program participants actually report. One hundred and twenty-four facilitators and one hundred and five program participants from Washington State Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth Aged Ten to Fourteen participated in the current study. Facilitators' own attitudes about evaluation invading program participant privacy and evaluation taking too much time were significantly more negative than program participant attitudes on these two items. Facilitators' own attitudes were significantly correlated with their perception of program participant attitudes on evaluation invading program participant privacy and evaluation taking too much time. Facilitators' own attitudes about evaluation helping to improve the program were no different than program participants and were not correlated with their perceptions of program participant attitudes. Lastly, facilitators' perceptions of program participant attitudes were more negative than program participants actually reported except on attitudes about evaluation helping to improve the program. These findings indicate that facilitators have more negative attitudes about evaluation than program participants. However, both facilitators and program participants believe that evaluation can help to improve.
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- Title
- Facilitator and program participant attitudes and beliefs about program evaluation
- Creators
- Anna P. Whitehall
- Contributors
- Laura G. Hill (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525021601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis