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Evaluation foundations revisited : cultivating a life of the mind for practice / Thomas A. Schwandt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780804795722
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • AZ191 .E935 2015
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Contents:
Evaluation theory and practice -- Values and valuing -- Reasoning, evidence, and argument -- Politics and policymaking -- Use -- Professionalism and professionalization.
Subject: Evaluation examines policies and programs across every arena of human endeavor, from efforts to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS to programs that drive national science policy. Relying on a vast array of methods, from qualitative interviewing to econometrics, it is a ""transdiscipline, "" as opposed to a formal area of academic study. Accounting for these challenges, Evaluation Foundations Revisited offers an introduction for those seeking to better understand Evaluation as a professional field. While the acquisition of methods and methodologies to meet the needs of certain projects is important, th.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Variability in evaluation practice -- Evaluation theory and practice -- Values and valuing -- Reasoning, evidence, and argument -- Politics and policymaking -- Use -- Professionalism and professionalization.

Evaluation examines policies and programs across every arena of human endeavor, from efforts to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS to programs that drive national science policy. Relying on a vast array of methods, from qualitative interviewing to econometrics, it is a ""transdiscipline, "" as opposed to a formal area of academic study. Accounting for these challenges, Evaluation Foundations Revisited offers an introduction for those seeking to better understand Evaluation as a professional field. While the acquisition of methods and methodologies to meet the needs of certain projects is important, th.

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