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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In addition , given the finding that it was the perception of the risks created by
property marking , rather than any effect it had on actual ... s findings , there was
no evidence either that stolen goods were returned or that detections increased .
In addition , given the finding that it was the perception of the risks created by
property marking , rather than any effect it had on actual ... s findings , there was
no evidence either that stolen goods were returned or that detections increased .
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And then I ' m bemused by a rather problematic finding for those of us in public
health which claims that most smokers quit on their ... E . B . : They decided to
continue with the program in 1991 , before the evaluation findings became
available .
And then I ' m bemused by a rather problematic finding for those of us in public
health which claims that most smokers quit on their ... E . B . : They decided to
continue with the program in 1991 , before the evaluation findings became
available .
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The overall finding was that ' two of the best school smoking education projects in
Britain have not achieved better results than non - specific population ... Mixed
findings are the rule when the ' same ' initiative is introduced in different places .
The overall finding was that ' two of the best school smoking education projects in
Britain have not achieved better results than non - specific population ... Mixed
findings are the rule when the ' same ' initiative is introduced in different places .
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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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