The Science of Evaluation : A Realist Manifesto Paperback / softback
by Ray Pawson
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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.
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- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd
- Publication Date:18/02/2013
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- ISBN:9781446252437
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd
- Publication Date:18/02/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9781446252437