Summary
Contents
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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.
Methods of Data Collection
Methods of Data Collection
A wide range of data collection methods and research techniques are available to the evaluator wishing to undertake a systematic evaluation of a social programme or assess the impact of a particular policy initiative. There is a widely held view that the methods used in evaluative studies are ones which ...
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