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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... regularities . Such a process is more likely to end in error and inconsistency . Scientific progress occurs when experiments incor- porate and test theory . Progress in theory development occurs by explicating the mechanisms and ...
... regularities . Such a process is more likely to end in error and inconsistency . Scientific progress occurs when experiments incor- porate and test theory . Progress in theory development occurs by explicating the mechanisms and ...
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... Regularities We now move to the goal of realist explanation . No surprises in store here , for we pick up on a task which is held in common with most explanatory paradigms . That is to say that the objective of realist inquiry is to ...
... Regularities We now move to the goal of realist explanation . No surprises in store here , for we pick up on a task which is held in common with most explanatory paradigms . That is to say that the objective of realist inquiry is to ...
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... regularities and patterns explained vary greatly in substance and complexity , it is this model of a stratified reality being composed generatively which maintains the family resemblance of real- ist explanation . Change We now come to ...
... regularities and patterns explained vary greatly in substance and complexity , it is this model of a stratified reality being composed generatively which maintains the family resemblance of real- ist explanation . Change We now come to ...
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Utilizing Stakeholders Knowledge | 153 |
Realizing the Potential | 200 |
The New Rules of Realistic Evaluation | 214 |
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