Realistic EvaluationRealistic 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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OUT WITH THE OLD : WEAKNESSES IN EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION This
chapter will provide a constructive critique of the experimental tradition in
evaluation . We will confront experimental evaluation for its weakness as science
. We will ...
OUT WITH THE OLD : WEAKNESSES IN EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION This
chapter will provide a constructive critique of the experimental tradition in
evaluation . We will confront experimental evaluation for its weakness as science
. We will ...
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The first of these examples involves heading back to Martinson territory and
reviewing the nature of corrections programs in order to show why they will
inevitably be misunderstood when manipulated under traditional experimental
logic .
The first of these examples involves heading back to Martinson territory and
reviewing the nature of corrections programs in order to show why they will
inevitably be misunderstood when manipulated under traditional experimental
logic .
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Thus , the percentage of residents whoʻknow some police officer by name or
sight ' increased by 35 % in the Birmingham experimental area and by 20 % in
the London experimental area . This contrasts with an increase of only 3 % in the
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Thus , the percentage of residents whoʻknow some police officer by name or
sight ' increased by 35 % in the Birmingham experimental area and by 20 % in
the London experimental area . This contrasts with an increase of only 3 % in the
...
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| Título | Realistic Evaluation |
| Autores | Ray Pawson, Nicholas Tilley, Nick Tilley |
| Edición | ilustrada, reimpresa |
| Editor | SAGE Publications, 1997 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 9 Dic. 2009 |
| ISBN | 0761950087, 9780761950080 |
| Largo | 235 páginas |
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