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050			_aH 62 .P39 2013
100			_aPawson, Ray _eauthor
245		4	_aThe Science of evaluation : _ba realist manifesto / _cRay Pawson
260			_aLos Angeles, California : _bSage, _cc2013
300			_axix, 216 pages ; _c25 cm
365			_bUSD752.35
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aPart 1 : Precursors and principles -- Part 2 : The Challenge of complexity : Drowning or waving? -- Part 3 : Towards evaluation science
520			_aEvaluation researchers are tasked with providing the evidence to guide programme building and to assess its outcomes. As such they labour under the highest expectations to which they have responded with a huge portfolio of research techniques and schemes to establish standards for evaluative inquiry and to accredit evaluation practitioners. A big question remains : has this monumental effort produced a progressive, cumulative and authoritative body of knowledge that we might think of as evaluation science? This is the question addressed by Ray Pawson in this book.
650			_aEVALUATION RESEARCH (SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMS)
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