The standard introduction to program evaluation, now in its eighth edition after more than forty years in print.

Written by Peter H. Rossi, Mark W. Lipsey and Gary T. Henry, Evaluation: A Systematic Approach lays out how to appraise the design, implementation, efficiency and effectiveness of social programs. It balances research methodology with real-world practicality, giving public administrators, sociologists and students the tools to build data-driven social solutions. SAGE Publications, ISBN 9781506307886.