CiNii 図書 - What counts as credible evidence in applied research and evaluation practice?

What Counts as Credible Evidence in Applied Research and Evaluation thoroughly covers one of the most fundamental issues facing applied research and evaluation practice today - what counts as sound evidence for decision making? An internationally renowned line up of authors explore a wide range of issues that address the fundamental challenges of designing and executing high quality applied research and evaluation studies. Readers will come away from this volume with a new and clear understanding of the philosophical, theoretical, methodological, political, and ethical dimensions of gathering credible evidence to answer fundamental research and evaluation questions across diverse disciplinary boundaries and "real world" contexts.

Preface Acknowledgments About the Editors About the Contributors PART I. INTRODUCTION 1. In Search of the Blueprint for an Evidence-Based Global Society, by Stewart I. Donaldson 2. Social Inquiry Paradigms as a Frame for the Debate on Credible Evidence, by Christina A. Christie and Dreolin Fleischer PART II. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES AS THE ROUTE TO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE 3. When Getting It Right Matters: The Case for High-Quality Policy and Program Impact Evaluations, by Gary T. Henry 4. Randomized Control Trials: A Gold Standard With Feet of Clay? by Leonard Bickman and Stephanie M. Reich 5. What Is Credible Evidence in Education? The Role of the What Works Clearinghouse in Informing the Process, by Russell Gersten and John Hitchcock 6. Evaluation Methods for Producing Actionable Evidence: Contextual Influences on Adequacy and Appropriateness of Method Choice, by George Julnes and Debra Rog PART III. NONEXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES FOR BUILDING CREDIBLE EVIDENCE 7. Demythologizing Causation and Evidence, by Michael Scriven 8. Evidence as "Proof" and Evidence as "Inkling," by Jennifer C. Greene 9. Reasoning With Rigor and Probity: Ethical Premises for Credible Evidence, by Sharon F. Rallis 10. Seeing Is Believing: The Credibility of Image-Based Research and Evaluation, by Sandra Mathison 11. Toward a Practical Theory of Evidence for Evaluation, by Thomas A. Schwandt PART IV. CONCLUSIONS 12. Credible Evidence: Changing the Terms of the Debate, by Melvin M. Mark Epilogue: A Practitioner's Guide for Gathering Credible Evidence in the Evidenced-Based Global Society, by Stewart I. Donaldson Author Index Subject Index

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