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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... experimental tradi- tion in evaluation . We will confront experimental evaluation for its weakness as science . We will concentrate our fire on the epistemological assumptions about causation and their lack of fit with the nature of ...
... experimental tradi- tion in evaluation . We will confront experimental evaluation for its weakness as science . We will concentrate our fire on the epistemological assumptions about causation and their lack of fit with the nature of ...
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... experimental trials involved in the evaluation of the Cognitive Skills Training Program ( Porporino and Robinson , 1995 ) . This is probably the grandest initiative ever undertaken by the Correctional Services of Canada , and one that ...
... experimental trials involved in the evaluation of the Cognitive Skills Training Program ( Porporino and Robinson , 1995 ) . This is probably the grandest initiative ever undertaken by the Correctional Services of Canada , and one that ...
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... experimental area and by 20 % in the London experimental area . This contrasts with an increase of only 3 % in the Birmingham con- trol area and a decrease of 4 % in the London control area . There was an increase of 34 % in those in ...
... experimental area and by 20 % in the London experimental area . This contrasts with an increase of only 3 % in the Birmingham con- trol area and a decrease of 4 % in the London control area . There was an increase of 34 % in those in ...
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Utilizing Stakeholders Knowledge | 153 |
Realizing the Potential | 200 |
The New Rules of Realistic Evaluation | 214 |
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