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Writing Proposals and Reports
A proposal needs to be written before one writes a final report and serves to communicate author’s knowledge, budget, time frame, and how question should be explored.
Components include an executive summary, introduction, literature review, methodology and for the final report, results and discussion.
Reports should not be too wordy or technical, gets people’s attention, incorporates needs and concerns of stakeholders, deals successfully with negative findings, and uses the evaluation as a building process.
References
Mertens, D. M. & Wilson, A. T. (2019). Program evaluation theory and practice: A comprehensive guide (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press.
Royse, D., Thyer, B. A., & Padgett, D. K. (2016). Program evaluation: An Introduction to an evidence-based approach (6th ed.). Cengage.
