Research Catalog

Title

What counts as credible evidence in applied research and evaluation practice? / Stewart I. Donaldson, Christina A. Christie, Melvin M. Mark, editors.

Publication

Los Angeles : SAGE, c2009.

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Additional Authors

• Christie, Christina A.
• Donaldson, Stewart I. (Stewart Ian)
• Mark, Melvin M.

Description

xviii, 265 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"What Counts as Credible Evidence in Applied Research and Evaluation Practice? is the first book of its kind to define and place into greater perspective the meaning of evidence for evaluation professionals and applied researchers. Editors Stewart I. Donaldson, Christina A. Christie, and Melvin M. Mark provide observations about the diversity and changing nature of credible evidence, include lessons from their own applied research and evaluation practice, and suggest ways in which practitioners might address the key issues and challenges of collecting credible evidence." "This book is appropriate for a wide range of courses, including Introduction to Evaluation Research, Research Methods, Evaluation Practice, Program Evaluation, Program Development and Evaluation, and evaluation courses in Social Work, Education, Public Health, and Public Policy."--Jacket.

Subject

• Educational accountability
• Evaluation research (Social action programs)
• Research > Evaluation
• Research > Social aspects
• Social sciences > Methodology

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

In search of the blueprint for an evidence-based global society / Stewart I. Donaldson -- Social inquiry paradigms as a frame for the debate on credible evidence / Christina A. Christie and Dreolin Fleischer -- When getting it right matters : the case for high-quality policy and program impact evaluations / Gary T. Henry -- Randomized controlled trials : a gold standard with feet of clay? / Leonard Bickman and Stephanie M. Reich -- What is credible evidence in education? The role of the What Works Clearinghouse in informing the process / Russell Gersten and John Hitchcock -- Evaluation methods for producing actionable evidence : contextual influences on adequacy and appropriateness of method choice / George Julnes and Debra Rog -- Demythologizing causation and evidence / Michael Scriven -- Evidence as "proof" and evidence as "inkling" / Jennifer C. Greene -- Reasoning with rigor and probity : ethical premises for credible evidence / Sharon F. Rallis -- Seeing is believing : the credibility of image-based research and evaluation / Sandra Mathison -- Toward a practical theory of evidence for evaluation / Thomas A. Schwandt -- Credible evidence : changing the terms of the debate / Melvin M. Mark -- Epilogue : A practictioner's guide for gathering credible evidence in the evidenced-based global society / Stewart I. Donaldson.

ISBN

• 9781412957076 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
• 1412957079 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^2008017667

OCLC

226038201

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library