Studies about do Program Evaluation
The purpose of a case study is to study intensely one set (or unit) of something—programs, cities, counties, work sites—as a distinct whole. What does this mean? For a program designed to encourage bars to observe the smoke free bar law, an evaluation must document the program’s impact on the bars and on the behavior of people in the bars. In a non-case study design, one might decide to observe a series of randomly selected bars to see whether bartenders take some action to enforce the smoke free bar law when customers begin to smoke.
This style of evaluation entails collecting data on bartender behavior from a random sample of bars large enough to be representative of the entire population of bars from which you sampled. In contrast, a case study design focuses on a hand-picked set of bars (sometimes even just one bar). Before the program begins, the evaluator spends time in the bar(s), observing behavior and talking with people. As the program progresses, the evaluator continues to make observations and to int erview the owners, managers, employees, and customers. She might observe the bars at various times of the day to monitor compliance with other smokefree rules, such as the absence of ashtrays. Keep reading…
