TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schwandt,Thomas A.
TI  - Evaluation foundations revisited: cultivating a life of the mind for practice 
SN  - 9780804795722
AV  - AZ191 .E935 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Stanford, California
PB  - Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Valuation
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Variability in evaluation practice --; Evaluation theory and practice --; Values and valuing --; Reasoning, evidence, and argument --; Politics and policymaking --; Use --; Professionalism and professionalization; 2; b
N2  - 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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