ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE QUICK REFERENCE OUTLINE OF EVALUATION STUDIES, PRESENTED IN TABULAR FORM, ARE BACKGROUND, DEFINITION, AND PURPOSE OF EVALUATION; ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN EVALUATIVE RESEARCH; EVALUATION RESOURCES (FUNDING AND STAFFING); ADMINISTRATION OF EVALUATION STUDIES; FORMULATION OF GOALS AND MEASUREMENT OF OUTCOME; EVALUATION DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF EVALUATION RESEARCH; USE OF RESEARCH FINDINGS; IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING IN SOCIAL RESEARCH; PROGRAMS AND EVALUATIONS IN THE FELDS OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH; AND PROGRAMS AND EVALUATING FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. ADDITIONAL EVALUATION STUDIES RELEVANT TO EVALUATIVE RESEARCH BUT VERY SPECIALIZED ARE NOTED. FOR THE STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW IN WHICH THESE WORKS WERE CITED SEE NCJ-51612. NO BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA ARE INCLUDED. (DEP)