Course
Overview:
Early Bird Tuition Discount ---Register and pay by August 30, 2010, $745. After August 30, $845---Any participant who registers and pays for any 2010 National Program at least ninety days before the start date of the course will receive a $100 tuition discount. This discount excludes the CMP Concluding Seminar, CEDP Phase II, III, and IV.
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Increasingly, courts are using social- and management-science research methods to address long-standing problems that have defied solution by other means. This course provides a broad overview of key research and evaluation concepts that have proven useful to courts. Participants will be able to apply concepts immediately upon returning to the job.
A variety of research and evaluation designs will be described and their strengths and weaknesses assessed. Faculty present practical methods for interpreting and presenting research results, an important but often overlooked aspect of effectively communicating research results to policy-makers. Participatory exercises and numerous examples from court research projects conducted over decades by the instructors are designed to keep participants engaged. Other evaluation topics include logic model construction, critical elements of process, outcome/impact, and cost-effectiveness evaluations. Key research techniques are demonstrated, including survey construction and administration and data analysis techniques.
This course targets court personnel interested in becoming better-informed consumers of research produced by others such as consultants, and in planning research and evaluations of their own.
Hotel Information :
Williamsburg Woodlands Hotel and Suites
105 Visitor Center Drive
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone: 757-220-7960
For reservations, call 1-800-HISTORY --- 1-800-447-8679
Rate: $89.00 plus $2.00 per room per night occupancy tax and state tax, currently 10%
A block of rooms has been reserved until Wednesday, October 27, 2010. Participants are encouraged to make their reservation as soon as possible. Please reference the National Center for State Courts and group code 5271 when making your reservation.
Course Number: ICM10N-REM |
