Need Analysis: Tools for the Human Services and Education / Edition 1

by John A. McKillip

Overview

Mc Killip presents the primary social science research techniques used in need identification, such as client surveys and key informant interviews, and provides a framework for understanding and integrating this information in a need assessment. Emphasis is placed on convergent analysis and social marketing models of assessment. The book is directed to students, researchers and administrators in human services and education and includes examples from human service and education need analysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803926486
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/01/1987
Series:	Applied Social Research Methods , #10
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.34(d)

Table of Contents

Identifying Needs
Evaluating Needs
Models and Examples
Resource Inventory
Social Indicator Analyses
Analyzing Use of Services
Surveying Need
Structured Groups
Choosing Among Methods
Integrating Need Information
Communication of Results