9780761950097-0761950095-Realistic Evaluation

Realistic Evaluation

ISBN-13: 9780761950097
ISBN-10: 0761950095
Edition: 1
Author: Ray Pawson, Nick Tilley
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Format: Paperback 256 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780761950097
ISBN-10: 0761950095
Edition: 1
Author: Ray Pawson, Nick Tilley
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Format: Paperback 256 pages

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Realistic Evaluation (ISBN-13: 9780761950097 and ISBN-10: 0761950095), written by authors Ray Pawson, Nick Tilley, was published by SAGE Publications Ltd in 1997. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Research (Social Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Realistic Evaluation (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Research books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $2.48.

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Realistic Evaluation shows how programme evaluation needs to be, and can be bettered. It presents a profound yet highly readable critique of current evaluation practice, and goes on to introduce a `manifesto′ and `handbook′ for a fresh approach.

The main body of this book is devoted to the articulation of a new evaluation paradigm, which promises greater validity and utility from the findings of evaluation studies. The authors call this new approach `realistic evaluation′. The name reflects the paradigm′s foundation in scientific realist philosophy, its commitment to the idea that programmes deal with real problems rather than mere social constructions, and its primary intention, which is to inform realistic developm

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