Evaluative Studies
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Evaluative Research Methods
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Author : Saville Kushner
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2016-12-01
Evaluative Research Methods written by Saville Kushner and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-01 with Education categories.
How do research students and their supervisors respond in a world of ‘fake news’, the destabilisation of public institutions and the rise of populism? The very foundations of our liberal democracies seem to be under threat, and this implicates social inquiry. Postgraduate research remains one of the few information spaces which are still free of politicisation and committed to validation. This book focuses on democracy in inquiry, and on the role of inquiry in a democracy – how research helps us to deliberate over what counts as of public value. It is a research methods book, but methods shaped by political and ethical purposes, and by the challenge of making judgements about what, in the public sphere, is worthy. We may be looking at a police training program, the siting of a clean energy project, a new school curriculum, maternal health program or an environmental adaptation project – in each case and in others like them we have to negotiate perspectives and claims, forge and justify a consensus, support competing stakeholders with the best information and analyses possible. And we have to make our work defensible – undeniable in the forum of public debate and exchange, examination and accountability. This book, full of examples from contemporary research projects, is designed to help navigate our way through the complexities of social research which focuses on judgements about public action. The book was written with research students and includes examples of their work. It recognises that supervisors often struggle as much as students in meeting the challenges of inquiry that involves some element of evaluative judgement – inquiry that potentially carries consequences. Where there are no quick-and-ready recipes, check-lists or theoretical frameworks – where we confront the particularities of the context in which the research takes place, we are all forced back onto good methodological thinking, and this is the pedagogical framing of the book.
Evaluative Research
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Author : Edward Suchman
language : en
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date : 1968-12-31
Evaluative Research written by Edward Suchman and has been published by Russell Sage Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968-12-31 with Social Science categories.
Describes the techniques used to determine the extent to which social goals are being achieved, to locate the barriers to these goals, and to discover the unanticipated results of social actions. The book is divided into three main sections: the conceptual, methodological, and administrative aspects of evaluation.
Evaluative Research
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Author : American Institutes for Research
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Evaluative Research written by American Institutes for Research and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Evaluation research (Social action programs) categories.
Readings In Evaluation Research
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Author : Francis G. Caro
language : en
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publications
Release Date : 1971
Readings In Evaluation Research written by Francis G. Caro and has been published by Russell Sage Foundation Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Evaluation categories.
Evaluation Methods In Research
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Author : Judith Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2003-12-01
Evaluation Methods In Research written by Judith Bennett and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-01 with Education categories.
Intended as a guide for those wishing to draw on research techniques in order to inform the planning and undertaking of multi-method evaluation studies of educational initiatives. While it is possible to undertake evaluation without reference to research, the formal evaluation of education initiatives is enhanced by the use of research approaches to gather information on the nature of the developments that have taken place and/or merit and worth of the initiatives. In a climate where the question, "Does it work?" is being asked with increasing frequency, this book will consider ways of designing multi-method evaluation studies to help answer this question.
Evaluation Research
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Author : Alan Clarke
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 1999-12-07
Evaluation Research written by Alan Clarke and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-12-07 with Social Science categories.
Providing students and practitioners with a comprehensive introduction to evaluation research, this book shows how social research methods and methodologies can be applied in a variety of evaluation contexts. The author: - illustrates the contribution both quantitative and qualitative methods can make to evaluation; - stresses the important part played by theory in the evaluation enterprise; - introduces some of the conceptual, methodological and practical problems encountered when undertaking this type of applied research, especially in the areas of criminal justice, health care and education.
From Studies To Streams
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Author : Nicoletta Stame
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-10-24
From Studies To Streams written by Nicoletta Stame and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-24 with Political Science categories.
Recent developments in policy evaluation have focused on new notions of process and use or, notably, "influence." But this debate among evaluators on how evaluations are used has been essentially a closed one—evaluators talking only among themselves. The debate has gone on seemingly oblivious to fundamental changes in the intellectual landscape of public management, organizational theory, information technology, and knowledge management. New realities demand a different approach toward evaluation. The current era is characterized by the emergence of an increasingly global set of pressures for governments to perform effectively, not just efficiently, and to demonstrate that their performance is producing desired results. Information technology allows enormous quantities of information to be stored, sorted, analyzed, and made available at little or no cost. The result for those in the evaluation community is that, while individual evaluations are still conducted and reported upon, they are a rapidly diminishing source of information. In the new environment, ever accelerating political and organizational demands and expectations are reframing thinking about the definition of what, fundamentally, constitutes evaluation and what we understand as its applications. In this twelfth volume in the Comparative Policy Evaluation series, authors from fourteen nations address these issues from multiple vantage points. From Studies to Streams is an essential tool for policymakers, government officials, and scholars interested in the contemporary status of evaluation.
Readings In Evaluation Research 2ed
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Author : Francis G. Caro
language : en
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date : 1977-04-25
Readings In Evaluation Research 2ed written by Francis G. Caro and has been published by Russell Sage Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977-04-25 with Social Science categories.
Affords a comprehensive overview of evaluative research, answering questions regarding the adequacy of organized programs in health, justice, education, employment, and welfare. Included are general statements about evaluative research, discussing the nature of the evaluative task, the role of evaluative research in programs for change, and appropriate methodological strategies. In this revised and expanded collection of readings, which includes more case materials and more illustrations of completed evaluations than the first edition, the editor presents a variety of viewpoints and a broad range of materials for the social planner, administrator, and social scientist.
The Evaluative Study Of Action Research
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Author : Eileen Piggot-Irvine
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-02-15
The Evaluative Study Of Action Research written by Eileen Piggot-Irvine and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-15 with Education categories.
The Evaluative Study of Action Research presents all eight published papers as part of the six-year, global, Evaluative Study of Action Research (ESAR) in one volume. The study sought to enhance the academic rigour of Action Research (AR) and provide greater evidence of its impact. This research contained in this book shows, in a cohesive way, how the ESAR exemplifies original research incorporating new methodologies to create new knowledge. An Evaluative AR framework and indicators were created for initial qualitative data collection with six initial case studies using interviews, survey, documentary analysis, and Goal Attainment Scaling methods. The initial study was followed by a large-scale mixed method survey with 174 projects from across the globe. Almost all projects exhibited positive elements linked to AR precursors (focus clarification, stakeholder engagement, funding), processes (phased, planned yet flexible activity, data collection and analysis, ongoing collaboration and leadership), and outcomes/impacts (change, knowledge mobilisation and continuing action). The results of the ESAR, elaborated in this volume, offer important indications for how to create the sort of respectful engagement that is required for collective strength in solution based, innovative, change. This book will be a valuable resource for: action researchers throughout the world; postgraduate research students, academics and libraries; evaluators; and anyone in communities who wishes to know how to create sustainable change.
Studies In Transactional Evaluation
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Author : Robert M. Rippey
language : en
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif : McCutchan Publishing Corporation
Release Date : 1973
Studies In Transactional Evaluation written by Robert M. Rippey and has been published by Berkeley, Calif : McCutchan Publishing Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Education categories.