Review
"A major contribution to the literature of the field. It deals with areas that are not covered in any other book I know of, and does so well."
(Nick Eastmond )
About the Author
(Deceased.)
James W. Altschuld received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemistry from Case Western Reserve University and The Ohio State University (OSU), respectively. His doctorate is from the latter institution with an emphasis on educational research and development and sociological methods. He is now Professor Emeritus in the College of Education and Human Ecology at OSU after 27 years of teaching research techniques and program evaluation. In evaluation, he developed and taught a sequence of courses on theory, needs assessment, and design. He has co-authored three previous books (two on needs assessment and the other on the evaluation of science and technology education), written many chapters on needs assessment as well as others on evaluation research and issues, and has an extensive list of publications almost all in the field of evaluation. He has given presentations and done work in five countries outside of the United States. In his career he has been the recipient of local, state, and national honors including the Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Practice Award for contributions to evaluation.