Credible and Actionable Evidence

The editors include lessons from their own applied research and evaluation, and suggest ways in which practitioners might address the key issues and challenges of collecting credible evidence. The Second Edition focuses on how to produce actionable evidence as well as credible evidence. INDICE: Introduction1. EXAMINING THE BACKBONE OF CONTEMPORARY EVALUATION PRACTICE: CREDIBLE AND ACTIONABLE EVIDENCESOCIAL INQUIRY PARADIGMS AS A FRAME FOR THE DEBATE ON CREDIBLE EVIDENCE3. HOW PEOPLE JUDGE THE CREDIBILITY OF INFORMATION: LESSONS FOR EVALUATION FROM COGNITIVE AND INFORMATION SCIENCESCredible and Actionable Evidence: The Role of Randomized Experiments4. WHEN GETTING IT RIGHT MATTERS: THE STRUGGLE FOR RIGOROUS EVIDENCE OF IMPACT AND TO INCREASE ITS INFLUENCE CONTINUESRANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS: A GOLD STANDARD OR GOLD PLATED?DEMYTHOLOGIZING CAUSATION AND EVIDENCECredible and Actionable Evidence: Perspectives from a Range of Evaluation Designs and Methods7. WHEN AND HOW QUALITATIVE METHODS PROVIDE CREDIBLE AND ACTIONABLE EVIDENCE: REASONING WITH RIGOR, PROBITY, AND TRANSPARENCYSEEING IS BELIEVING: USING IMAGES AS EVIDENCE IN EVALUATIONCREDIBILITY, POLICY USE, AND THE EVALUATION SYNTHESISCredible and Actionable Evidence: General PerspectivesHOW EVIDENCE EARNS CREDIBILITY IN EVALUATIONACTIONABLE EVIDENCE IN CONTEXT: CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES ON ADEQUACY AND APPROPRIATENESS OF METHOD CHOICECREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF EFFECTIVENESS: NECESSARY BUT NOT SUFFICIENTCREDIBLE AND ACTIONABLE EVIDENCE: A FRAMEWORK, OVERVIEW, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE PRACTICE AND RESEARCH

• ISBN: 978-1-4833-0625-4
• Editorial: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 30/11/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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