Description
| Product ID: | 9781446252437 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Science of Evaluation |
| Subtitle: | A Realist Manifesto |
| Authors: | Author: Ray Pawson |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Research methods: general, Research methods: general |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Always engaging and relentlessly pushing the boundaries, this is a must-read from a pioneer in realist research. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-02-18 |
