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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Melvin M Mark; Gary T Henry; George Julnes |
ISBN: | 0787948020 9780787948023 |
OCLC Number: | 59582318 |
Notes: | Errata slip inserted. |
Description: | xv, 400 pages ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Pt. 1. Social Betterment Through Evaluation -- 1. Introducing a Framework for Evaluation -- 2. Understanding Social Betterment and the Role of Values in Evaluation -- 3. Defining Evaluation Purposes -- 4. Specifying Inquiry Modes -- Pt. 2. Linking Betterment, Evaluation Practice, and Realism -- 5. Planning Evaluations -- 6. Integrating Realism and Assisted Sensemaking -- Pt. 3. Four Inquiry Modes -- 7. Description -- 8. Classification -- 9. Causal Analysis -- 10. Values Inquiry -- Conclusion: Meeting the Challenges of Evaluation. |
Series Title: | The Jossey-Bass nonprofit and public management series. |
Responsibility: | Melvin M. Mark, Gary T. Henry, George Julnes. |
Abstract:
This book defines the importance of understanding that the theory only becomes useful if the practitioner is given the necessary tools for success. This new approach to evaluation is firmly grounded in realist theory.
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