Assessing the Value of Inductive and Deductive Outcome Measures in Community-Based Programs: Lessons from the City Kidz Evaluation

Evaluators of community-based programs frequently need to decide whether to adopt an inductive or deductive approach in developing quantitative outcome measures. This article explores this issue using a case example of a child anti-poverty program called City Kidz. Its recent evaluation combined an...

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Published in:Canadian journal of program evaluation 2015-03, Vol.30 (1), p.41-63
Main Authors: Janzen, Rich, Nguyen, Nghia, Stobbe, Alethea, Araujo, Liliana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children & youth
Cities
Community action
Community Relations
Evaluators
Home Visits
Logical Thinking
Outcome Measures
Poverty
Poverty Programs
Program Evaluation
Program Improvement
Validity
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Summary:Evaluators of community-based programs frequently need to decide whether to adopt an inductive or deductive approach in developing quantitative outcome measures. This article explores this issue using a case example of a child anti-poverty program called City Kidz. Its recent evaluation combined an inductive and deductive approach to develop a survey. The article describes the City Kidz evaluation and its survey before assessing the value of the survey, considering internal consistency and various aspects of validity. The article concludes with a discussion about the factors that helped and hindered the appropriateness of the survey in light of the inductive and deductive approaches used.
ISSN:0834-1516
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DOI:10.3138/cjpe.30.1.41