Evaluation Research: An Introduction to Principles, Methods and Practice
- ISBN-10
- 0761950958
- ISBN-13
- 9780761950950
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-12-07
- Publisher
- SAGE
- Authors
- Alan Clarke, Ruth Dawson
Description
Providing students and practitioners with a comprehensive introduction to evaluation research, this book shows how social research methods and methodologies can be applied in a variety of evaluation contexts. The author: - illustrates the contribution both quantitative and qualitative methods can make to evaluation; - stresses the important part played by theory in the evaluation enterprise; - introduces some of the conceptual, methodological and practical problems encountered when undertaking this type of applied research, especially in the areas of criminal justice, health care and education.
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- 1999-09-22
- 224 pages
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- 1972
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