| Roundtable: How Do We Make Choices In Evaluation With Diverse Populations When Costs and Time Are Limited? |
| Roundtable Presentation 578 to be held in the Quartz Room Section B on Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM |
| Sponsored by the Qualitative Methods TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Wendy DuBow, National Research Center Inc, wendy@n-r-c.com |
| Gregory Diggs, University of Colorado Denver, gregory.diggs@cudenver.edu |
| Abstract: Here’s a typical situation in the world of evaluation: You are given an evaluation contract. The timeline is tight, funding is limited, and the client wants to hear from a range of “hard-to-reach” populations – including elderly, disabled, and low-income persons as well as non-English speakers, whose first language ranges from Spanish to Amharic. You are faced with a series of choices: What must you do to feel like your evaluation is on solid ground professionally? What must you do to ensure your evaluation is ethically sound? And what can you not do to be sure you stay within the allotted budget? This roundtable will take on the issues and questions that come up in the practical application of cultural sensitivity and evaluation principles. Choices have to be made. Perhaps through discussion, we can gain greater clarity on how to make them, what we gain and what we lose. |