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
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 001.4; Research -- Methodology; Research -- Evaluation; Research -- Evaluation; Research -- Methodology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483325071; 1483325075
• Related ISBNs: 9781483306254
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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