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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The traditional ( structured interview ) answer to this problem is to rely on
precision in question wording and clarity in operationalization . Questions are
asked in the simplest possible form which nevertheless remains faithful to the
concept ...
The traditional ( structured interview ) answer to this problem is to rely on
precision in question wording and clarity in operationalization . Questions are
asked in the simplest possible form which nevertheless remains faithful to the
concept ...
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process is depicted in terms of the return leg to the outward formal question in
Figure 6 . 4 . ... To explain : the overall structure of the researcher ' s questions
will in general terms mark out the area in which the subjects will make decisions ,
as ...
process is depicted in terms of the return leg to the outward formal question in
Figure 6 . 4 . ... To explain : the overall structure of the researcher ' s questions
will in general terms mark out the area in which the subjects will make decisions ,
as ...
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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 ? Without the theory of what is important we are stuck
...
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 ? Without the theory of what is important we are stuck
...
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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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