Programme Analysis

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Programme Analysis
Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluating Programmes
We do ideas for new educational, treatment,
community programmes come from? For example, we
might be thinking of developing a test-anxiety
group for student at UTSC. It sound appropriate,
but will it be used? This is a form of applied
research not pure research and as such it can be
extremely politically loaded.
I. Needs Assessment

1. Is there a large enough need? (effective demand)
2. Will the programme address a clear problem?
3. Would it be attractive to the potential users?

1. Using STatsCan and Census data (health services
   recored at UTSC)
2. Servey for existing programmes
3. Sample the target population.
4. Interview Key Informants someone with experience
   in area
5. Consult forcus groups in-depth , open-ended
   basis for later survey
6. Community forum

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II. Monitoring Programmes

1. Monitoring early progress rather than evaluating
   the final outcome.
2. Formative Evaluation

1. Is the programme being implemented as designed?
2. How is the programme being used? (quantitatively
   and qualitatively)
3. The can be used as a small scale pilot project.

III. Evaluating Programmes Summative Evaluation
Is the programme effect? Often difficult to
answer, because people have different ideas
about what it would mean to be effective.
Cost-Effectiveness o Cost-Benefit Analysis a
form a simple book keeping and adding up the
pluses and minuses. Rarely do we find two
programmes with same effectiveness but different
costs ( an easy decision).
How decides on which cost and benefits to
measure? Narrow versus Broad Definition. Short-Ter
m versus Long-Term cost and benefits. All are
political not scientific decisions. Science can
only inform them.