{"product_id":"9781118552599","title":"Evaluation Advisory Groups: New Directions for Evaluation, Number 136","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdvisory committees are used often in evaluation studies, yet this practice is little discussed or reported. This issue is the first full-length text devoted to the purpose, practice, and scholarship about this type of formal, structured advice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt includes case studies and analyses of these to answer such basic topics as:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is an evaluation advisory group (EAG)?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy (not) use an EAG?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to organize an EAG, and how to evaluate it?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e The reader will learn how to view the EAG as a structure of expertise, its use for political legitimacy, and as a response to a variety of constituencies. Guidelines on how to recruit, select, orient, train, monitor, assess, and evaluate EAG members are also included. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the 136\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series \u003ci\u003eNew Directions for Evaluation\u003c\/i\u003e, an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107276505328,"sku":"9781118552599","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781118552599_p0.jpg?v=1763694515","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781118552599","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}