Carol C. Riddick and Ruth V. Russell

Evaluative Research in Recreation, Park, and Sport Settings: Searching for Useful Information is a comprehensive introduction to conducting and using evaluation research. It serves leisure studies students and recreation agency managers by advancing a framework for evaluation and discussing specific tactics for planning, executing, and reporting. These are specifically grounded in such areas as program, personnel, facility, and public relations assessment. The book is pragmatic in writing style and content, building not only an ethic for evaluation-based accountability of leisure services, but also a "can-do" readiness for actually conducting an evaluation project.