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Linking Auditing and Meta-Evaluation - Enhancing Quality in Applied Research (Paperback)
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Linking Auditing and Meta-Evaluation - Enhancing Quality in Applied Research (Paperback)
Series: Applied Social Research Methods
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I have reviewed the Thomas A. Schwandt and Edward S. Halpern book
and find it to be both timely and a needed resource in the area of
program evaluation. --Robert W. Covert, Evaluation Research Center,
University of Virginia "Very clearly and systematically presented
and will be of considerable value to evaluation practitioners and
consumers of evaluation reports as well as to those directly
involved in the conduct of meta-evaluations. For the meta-evaluator
this book is probably the clearest and most comprehensive handbook
available, and it will surely be found invaluable by anyone
required to conduct a meta-evaluation of either a naturalistic or a
conventional evaluation. Evaluation practitioners will find the
book extremely helpful as it will force them to think more
rigorously about the design and execution of their studies and to
document more carefully their work. . . . This is an extremely well
written and useful book which is sure to find a wide audience among
all who are concerned with assessing and enhancing the quality of
evaluations." --Evaluation Practice This book provides a detailed
discussion of the use of an auditing model for judging the quaity
of naturalistic inquiries. The approach can be used retrospectively
in judging the quality or trustworthiness of a naturalistic study
upon its completion. It can be applied prospectively as well in
planning a naturalistic study, for example in determining what
ought to be placed in an audit trail and what might be done to
increase the likelihood that trustworthiness criteria will be
satisfied at the conclusion of the study. Detailed information is
provided on constructing an audit trail from the written materials
generated in a naturalistic study, conducting an audit (including
specific auditor tasks and questions that focus the audit
examination), and preparing an audit report.
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