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Realistic Evaluation.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, Limited, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (254 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473924857
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 001.4
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 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 -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Summary: 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 introduces a m̀anifesto′ and h̀andbook′ for a fresh approach.
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Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 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 -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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 introduces a m̀anifesto′ and h̀andbook′ for a fresh approach.

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