Evaluation for the Unevaluated:
Program Evaluation 101

Resources

Web Link

A Framework for Strengthening State Substance Abuse Prevention Systems Sharing Practical Experiences (2002 Conference Edition)
http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/pdfs/FrameworkforStrengthening.pdf

A Practicioner's Guide to Science-Based Prevention: A Handbook of Promising, Effective, and Model Programs (2002 Conference Edition)
http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/pdfs/Handbook.pdf

Achieving Outcomes: A Practitioner's Guide to Effective Prevention (2002 Conference Edition)
http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/pdfs/AchievingOutcomes.pdf

Basic Guide to Program Evaluation
http://www.mapnp.org/library/evaluatn/fnl_eval.htm

Comparison Matrix of Science-Based Prevention Programs: A Consumer's Guide for Prevention Professionals (2002 Conference Edition)
http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/pdfs/ComparisonMatrix.pdf

Finding the Balance: Program Fidelity and Adaptation in Substance Abuse Prevention: (2002 Conference Edition)
http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/pdfs/FindingBalance1.pdf

Finding the Balance: Program Fidelity and Adaptation in Substance Abuse Prevention: Executive Summary (2002 Conference Edition)
http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/pdfs/FindingBalance2.pdf

Hyperstat Online Textbook
http://www.davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html

National Drug Control Strategy
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/pdf/strategy2003.pdf

Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/rvls.html

Seeing Statistics
http://www.seeingstatistics.com

StatSoft
http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html

User Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/REC/pubs/NSF97-153/start.htm