This document provides instructions for responding to at least two colleagues' posts regarding a group research design for a program evaluation case study. Respondents are asked to: 1) Identify their role as a stakeholder; 2) Evaluate the research design and criteria chosen by their colleagues from the stakeholder perspective; 3) Ask questions about the research design and how it will address evaluation questions; and 4) Reference each colleague by name after responding. The instructor further clarifies the layout of the response, which includes: evaluating strengths and weaknesses of colleagues' analyses, addressing evaluations of efficacy/applicability of evidence-based practices, identifying and evaluating factors that could support/hinder implementation, and offering additional insights.

1. SOCW 6311 wk 10 peer responses
Respond
to
at least two
colleagues’ from the perspective of an interested stakeholder
for the program by doing the following:
Provide a brief description of the role that you are taking.
Provide an evaluation of the group research design that they
have chosen, and criteria that your colleagues have
generated (choice of outcome and method of evaluation)
from the perspective of the stakeholder whom you have
chosen.
Provide support based on your evaluation
Ask questions about the plan for research design and the
questions that the evaluation plan will address from your
chosen perspective.
Name first and references after every person
Instructor wants lay out like this:
Respond to at least two colleagues ( 2 peers posts are provided)
by doing all of the following:
Identify strengths of your colleagues’ analyses and areas in
which the analyses could be improved.

2. Your response
Address his or her evaluation of the efficacy and applicability
of the evidence-based practice,
Your response
[Evaluate] his or her identification of factors that could support
or hinder the implementation of the evidence-based practice,
Your response
And [evaluate] his or her solution for mitigating those factors.
Your response
Offer additional insight to your colleagues by either identifying
additional factors that may support or limit implementation of
the evidence-based practice or an alternative solution for
mitigating one of the limitations that your colleagues identified.
Your response
References
Your response
Peer 1: shelly Barr
RE: Discussion - Week 10
COLLAPSE
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3. post your explanation of which group research design and data
collection method from those outlined in the Resources you
selected as appropriate for the “Social Work Research: Planning
a Program Evaluation” case study and why.
For this assignment, I have chosen the Time-Series Design. I
chose this design as it is still a quasi-experimental design but
also has several pre-test and post-test outcome measures. It
involves obtaining several client outcome measures before the
introduction of intervention and several additional measures
after the intervention has been implemented (Dudley, 2014).
One benefit of this design is the data trends can help determine
the extent to which the intervention, as opposed to external
outside factors is the “causal agent” (Dudley, 2014).
Then, generate criteria to be measured using the research design
by identifying a specific outcome and a method for measuring
that outcome. Specify who will collect the data and how the
data will be collected.
By using a single system design (SSD) as an evaluation tool to
measure whether there is a causal relationship between the
practitioner’s intervention and a client’s outcome then
adjustments to treatment delivery can be made intermittently
prior to termination of services. SSD can be used for either an
individual, a family, or a group and uses a graph as a tool to
visualize client progress (Dudley, 2014). Having this graph
available for the client may be a motivating element in practice.
A goal attainment scale as an evaluation tool for the time series
design would be helpful in evaluating the extent to which the
worker's interventions affect client’s goals or outcomes in the
way it was intended (Dudley, 2014). By using a 5-point Likert
scale to measure with is a non-complicated way to track client

4. progress when using the SSD I have chosen. The researcher in
the case study also mentioned using a Likert scale in their study
and the use of questionnaires, surveys, and checklists (Plummer,
Makris, & Brocksen, 2014b). Data would be collected from
designated evaluation team members and would be done via
surveys that monitor client satisfaction and effectiveness. These
surveys are optimal when you need to quickly and/or easily get
lots of information from people in a non-threatening way
(McNamara, 2006a).
References
Dudley, J. R. (2014).
Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do.
(2nd ed.) Chicago, IL: Lyceum Books.
McNamara, C. (2006a). Contents of an evaluation plan. In
Basic guide to program evaluation (including outcomes
evaluation)
. Retrieved from
http://managementhelp.org/evaluation/program-evaluation-
guide.htm#anchor1586742
Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014b).
Social work case studies: Concentration year.
Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing.
[Vital Source e-reader].
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5. Peer 2: Tiffany Winford
RE: Discussion - Week 10
COLLAPSE
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Post your explanation of which group research design and data
collection method from those outlined in the Resources you
selected as appropriate for the “Social Work Research: Planning
a Program Evaluation” case study and why.
The group research design that was selected for this project
would be an exploratory design. The reason being is that this
type of design is meant for when there is little to no known
information about the research subject (Sacred Hearth
University, 2020). The case study stated that the social worker
had not found any research on the foster care training program
to date (Plummer et al., 2014b). Performing this type of
research design would also help to gain familiarity with the
basic details of the program and develop new research questions
that could be used to study this program as time goes one
(Sacred Hearth University, 2020). An appropriate data
collection method for this case study would be questionnaires
and interviews of the participants. The questionnaires will
provide a lot of feedback, be anonymous, and are cheap and
quick to administer (McNamara, 2006a). Interviews can gather
more information about a participant’s experience and gain a
deeper understanding from the questionnaire’s answers
(McNamara, 2006a). While the interviews may take longer to
complete, it would be important to perform them since this
program has not been studied before. The amount of information
gathered could support causality between the program and any

6. change that occurred.
Then, generate criteria to be measured using the research design
by identifying a specific outcome and a method for measuring
that outcome. Specify who will collect the data and how the
data will be collected.
One specific outcome that will be measured from this study will
be that the number of foster placement disruptions will be
reduced. This type of outcome would include a numeric count
(Dudley, 2014) of how many kids were taken out of the foster
parent home for reasons other than finding permanent adoption
or reunification with their parents. The method for measuring
this information would be collecting this data from the
interviews that occurred after the program. These interviews
could occur 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year after program
completion. This information could be collected by the person
conducting the research program or the staff who taught the
training. This information could also be compared against any
previous data that had been collected using the previous training
program and any placement disruptions. From this information
one can compare if the number of disruptions had been reduced
compared to the previous training that was being used.
References
Dudley, J. R. (2014).
Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do
(2nd ed.). Lyceum Books.
McNamara, C. (2006a). Overview of methods to collect
information. In
Basic guide to program evaluation (including outcomes
evaluation).
https://managementhelp.org/evaluation/program-evaluation-
guide.htm#anchor1586742

7. Plummer, S. -B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S. (Eds.). (2014b).
Social work case studies: Concentration year.
Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing.
[Vital Source e-reader].
Sacred Heart University. (2020). Organizing academic research
papers: Types of research designs.
https://library.sacredheart.edu/c.php?g=29803&p=185902
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work evaluation: Enhancing what we do.
(pp. 167–207 (2nd ed.) Chicago, IL:
Lyceum Books.
https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/#/books/9780190685331/pagei
d/189
Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014b).
Social work case studies:

8. Concentration year. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International
Universities
Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].