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Foundations of Program Evaluation: Theories of Practice.

Chen, Huey-Tsyh, Shadish, William R., Cook, Thomas D., Leviton, Laura C.·1992·Contemporary Sociology
DOI 10.2307/2074800
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PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Social Program Evaluation Its History, Tasks and Theory Good Theory for Social Program Evaluation PART TWO: STAGE ONE THEORIES: BRINGING TRUTH TO SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING Michael S Scriven The Science of Valuing Donald T Campbell Methodologist of the Experimenting Society PART THREE: STAGE TWO THEORIES: GENERATING ALTERNATIVES EMPHASIZING USE AND PRAGMATISM Carol H Weiss Linking Evaluation to Policy Research Joseph S Wholey Evaluation for Program Improvement Robert E Stake Responsive Evaluation and Qualitative Methods PART FOUR: STAGE THREE THEORIES: TRYING TO INTEGRATE THE PAST Lee J Cronbach Functional Evaluation Design for a World of Political Accommodation Peter H Rossi Comprehensive, Tailored, Theory-Driven Evaluations - A Smorgasbord of Options PART FIVE: CONCLUSIONS Summary and Implications for Evaluation Theory and Practice

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Authors
Chen, H.-T., Shadish, W. R., Cook, T. D., & Leviton, L. C.
Venue
Contemporary Sociology
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1992-01
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
122
ISSN
0094-3061 (ISSN-L)
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10.2307/2074800
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journal article
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en
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