Credible and actionable evidence : the foundations for rigorous and influential evaluations /: the foundations for rigorous and influential evaluations. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: What counts as credible evidence in applied research and evaluation practice?
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Stewart I. Donaldson, Claremont Graduate University, Christina A. Christie, University of California, Los Angeles, Melvin M. Mark, Pennsylvania State University.
• Editors: Donaldson, Stewart I (Stewart Ian); Christie, Christina A; Mark, Melvin M
• Contents: Part I: Introduction; 1. Examining the Backbone of Contemporary Evaluation Practice: Credible and Actionable Evidence - Stewart I. Donaldson; 2. Social Inquiry Paradigms as a Frame for the Debate on Credible Evidence - Christina A. Christie and Dreolin Fleischer; 3. How People Judge the Credibility of Information: Lessons for Evaluation From Cognitive and Information Sciences - Robin Lin Miller; Part II: Credible and Actionable Evidence: The Role of Randomized Experiments; 4. When Getting It Right Matters: The Struggle for Rigorous Evidence of Impact and to Increase Its Influence Continues - Gary T. Henry; 5. Randomized Controlled Trials: A Gold Standard or Gold Plated? - Leonard Bickman and Stephanie M. Reich; 6. Demythologizing Causation and Evidence - Michael Scriven; Part III: Credible and Actionable Evidence: Perspectives From a Range of Evaluation Designs and Methods; 7. When and How Qualitative Methods Provide Credible and Actionable Evidence: Reasoning With Rigor, Probity, and Transparency - Sharon F. Rallis; 8. Seeing Is Believing: Using Images as Evidence in Evaluation - Sandra Mathison; 9. Credibility, Policy Use, and the Evaluation Synthesis - Eleanor Chelimsky; Part IV: Credible and Actionable Evidence: General Perspectives; 10. How Evidence Earns Credibility in Evaluation - Jennifer C. Greene; 11. Actionable Evidence in Context: Contextual Influences on Adequacy and Appropriateness of Method Choice in Evaluation - George Julnes and Debra Rog; 12. Credible Evidence of Effectiveness: Necessary but Not Sufficient - Thomas A. Schwandt; 13. Credible and Actionable Evidence: A Framework, Overview, and Suggestions for Future Practice and Research - Melvin M. Mark;
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 001.4; Research -- Methodology; Research -- Evaluation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483325071; 1483325075
• Related ISBNs: 9781483306254
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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