Realistic EvaluationSAGE Publications, 1997 M06 23 - 235 páginas Realistic Evaluation shows how programme evaluation needs to be, and can be bettered. It presents a profound yet highly readable critique of current evaluation practice, and goes on to introduce a `manifesto' and `handbook' for a fresh approach. The main body of this book is devoted to the articulation of a new evaluation paradigm, which promises greater validity and utility from the findings of evaluation studies. The authors call this new approach `realistic evaluation'. The name reflects the paradigm's foundation in scientific realist philosophy, its commitment to the idea that programmes deal with real problems rather than mere social constructions, and its primary intention, which is to inform realistic developm |
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... attempt to ' flatten ' them out , to regard them as confounding variables and to attempt to remove their influence so that we are left with the ' pure ' impact of the program on outcomes . We trust we have made it clear why such quasi ...
... attempt to ' flatten ' them out , to regard them as confounding variables and to attempt to remove their influence so that we are left with the ' pure ' impact of the program on outcomes . We trust we have made it clear why such quasi ...
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... attempt to enunciate these foundations in some detail . Inquiry is always an amalgam of principle and practice , and our aim here is to demonstrate the broad potential of realist investigation . As a philosophy of science , realism can ...
... attempt to enunciate these foundations in some detail . Inquiry is always an amalgam of principle and practice , and our aim here is to demonstrate the broad potential of realist investigation . As a philosophy of science , realism can ...
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... attempt to reconstruct this theory in the by now familiar realistic format . The first of these concentrates on the orga- nizational assumptions underpinning the initiative and describes a complex Table 8.1 Safer Cities implicit ...
... attempt to reconstruct this theory in the by now familiar realistic format . The first of these concentrates on the orga- nizational assumptions underpinning the initiative and describes a complex Table 8.1 Safer Cities implicit ...
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Utilizing Stakeholders Knowledge | 153 |
Realizing the Potential | 200 |
The New Rules of Realistic Evaluation | 214 |
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