Evaluating Recreation Services: Making Enlightened Decisions (4th ed.) delves into systematic evaluation and research that focuses specifically on identifying explicit evaluation criteria or research questions, collecting evidence or data, and making judgments about the value or the worth of something applied to service improvement or knowledge development. This book provides a basic overview and working knowledge of procedures, allowing recreation service professionals to organize and manage recreation services while keeping in mind people's preferences, needs, and behaviors and the programs, administrative structures, and resources that make up the organizations.

The authors have taught at the higher education level and have worked for the American Camp Association. In addition, they have served professional organizations such as the Society of Park and Recreation Educators and the Academy of Leisure Sciences.