The eight steps of planning evaluations
Step 1. Decide who will be involved in the evaluation p.10
Step 2. Assess your evaluation resources p.12
Step 3. Describe your programme for evaluation p.14
Step 4. Identify and prioritise evaluation needs p.18
Step 5. Define your evaluation questions p.20
Step 6. Determine your research measures p.22
Step 7. Prepare a data collection plan p.42
Step 8. Ensure that your research resources are sufficient p.48

Appendix 1. Focus group method p.50
Appendix 2. Sample questionnaires p.54
EUROQOL EQ-5D Scoring System p.64
WHOQOL-BREF p.65
Comments about case examples p.78
Case example of evaluation planning p.79
Case example of implementing evaluations p.93