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Program Evaluation Plan Part 2: The Research Design
Scenario
For the course project, Program Evaluation Plan, you have been assuming the role of a consultant who has been hired to evaluate a clinical mental health counseling program that provides services in your community or region.
You are creating a hypothetical but plausible program with hypothetical stakeholders, clients, interventions, and measures. And you are developing plans for an evaluation that will guide program improvements and document progress toward the program’s mission and goals.
Instructions
For this assignment, Program Evaluation Plan Part 2: The Research Design, use the Unit 8 Assignment Template [DOCX] to describe the evaluation design you chose, the measures of outcomes that you have selected, your data collection and analysis plans, and how you plan to assure reliability, validity, and credibility of your data and your analysis.
Requirements
To achieve a successful project experience and outcome, you must use the Unit 8 Assignment Template [DOCX] and include the following sections for Part 2:
Title Page.
Evaluation Design (approximately one page).
Selected Measures of Outcomes (approximately two pages).
Data Collection Plan (approximately two pages).
Data Analysis Plan (approximately one page).
Reliability, Validity, and Credibility Considerations (approximately one page).
References.
Additionally, your paper must follow these requirements:
Written communication: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly and professional.
Competencies Measured:
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Apply models and principles of needs assessment and evaluation to the design of a proposal for a counseling program evaluation.
Select an appropriate research design (qualitative, quantitative, pre-post comparison, et cetera) and methods (for sampling, data collection, et cetera) for evaluating outcome goals of a hypothetical counseling program.
Develop an assessment plan for measuring client outcomes in a counseling program, intervention, or treatment (using tests, surveys, interviews, utilization data, et cetera).
Design a data collection plan that addresses potential vulnerabilities in reliability, validity, and credibility.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is consistent with the expectations of a mental health counseling professional.
Select appropriate statistical methods (correlation, regression, et cetera) for evaluating a variety of counseling research and program evaluation goals.
Convey purpose in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
