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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... research with its ensuing and decidedly concrete task of discovering what ... evaluation and social science generally only ever come to temporary resting ... evaluation : an introduction to three exemplars The three studies we discuss in ...
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... research and development , Rothschild criteria , 14 research design , xv , 83–114 research languor , 41 research ... evaluation findings , table , 206 Saskatoon study of burglary , 135 , 136 Sayer , A. , 56 , 119 schemata ( analytic ...
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Utilizing Stakeholders Knowledge | 153 |
Realizing the Potential | 200 |
The New Rules of Realistic Evaluation | 214 |
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