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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... question . The aim of OXO outcome inves- tigation is to achieve sufficient control to tell us in any particular trial whether an initiative has ' worked ' or not . To understand why there is inconsistency of outcomes we need to ask the ...
... question . The aim of OXO outcome inves- tigation is to achieve sufficient control to tell us in any particular trial whether an initiative has ' worked ' or not . To understand why there is inconsistency of outcomes we need to ask the ...
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... question ? The traditional ( structured interview ) answer to this problem is to rely on pre- cision in question wording and clarity in operationalization . Questions are asked in the simplest possible form which nevertheless remains ...
... question ? The traditional ( structured interview ) answer to this problem is to rely on pre- cision in question wording and clarity in operationalization . Questions are asked in the simplest possible form which nevertheless remains ...
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... question is , does that matter ? F.C .: That's right . That is the question . Whether it matters or not depends on how the program worked and is supposed to work . We need a theory to tell us whether it mattered and how . Do we have one ...
... question is , does that matter ? F.C .: That's right . That is the question . Whether it matters or not depends on how the program worked and is supposed to work . We need a theory to tell us whether it mattered and how . Do we have one ...
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Utilizing Stakeholders Knowledge | 153 |
Realizing the Potential | 200 |
The New Rules of Realistic Evaluation | 214 |
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