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Realistic evaluation

Ray Pawson (Author), Nick Tilley (Author)
Realistic Evaluation shows how program evaluation needs to be and can be bettered. It presents a profound yet highly readable critique of current evaluation practice and introduces 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, Ray Pawson and Nick Tilley, call this new approach 'Realistic Evaluation' reflecting the paradigm's foundation in scientific realist philosophy, its commitment to the idea that programs deal with real problems, and its primary intention which is to inform realistic developments in policy making that benefit program participants and the public. The authors argue with persuasion and passion that scientific evaluation requires a careful blend of theory and method, quality and quantity, ambition and realism
eBook, English, 1997
Sage, London, 1997
1 online resource (xvii, 235 pages) : illustrations
9781473924857, 9781446233887, 1473924855, 144623388X
646026852
1. A History of Evaluation in 28 1/2 Pages
2. Out with the Old: Weaknesses in Experimental Evaluation
3. In with the New: Introducing Scientific Realism
4. How To Design a Realistic Evaluation
5. How To Make Evaluations Cumulate
6. How To Construct Realistic Data: Utilizing Stakeholders' Knowledge
7. No Smoking Without Firing Mechanisms: a 'Realistic' Consultation
8. Evaluation, Policy and Practice: Realizing the Potential
9. The New Rules of Realistic Evaluation
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English
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