The Science of Evaluation - A Realist Manifesto (Paperback, New)

Evaluation researchers are tasked with providing the evidence to guide programme building and to assess its outcomes. As such, they labour under the highest expectations - bringing independence and objectivity to policy making. They face huge challenges, given the complexity of modern interventions and the politicised backdrop to all of their investigations. They have responded with a huge portfolio of research techniques and, through their professional associations, have set up schemes to establish standards for evaluative inquiry and to accredit evaluation practitioners. A big question remains. Has this monumental effort produced a progressive, cumulative and authoritative body of knowledge that we might think of as evaluation science? This is the question addressed by Ray Pawson in this sequel to "Realistic Evaluation" and "Evidence-based Policy." In answer, he provides a detailed blueprint for an evaluation science based on realist principles.

General

Imprint:	Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Ray Pawson
Dimensions:	214 x 170 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	216
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-4462-5243-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Research methods
LSN:	1-4462-5243-4
Barcode:	9781446252437

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