Evaluation Use and Decision-Making in Society

Anglický jazyk

Evaluation Use and Decision-Making in Society

Vydavateľstvo: Information Age Publishing
Rok vydania: 2015
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 234 x 156 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781681230047

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O knihe

A volume in Evaluation and Society
Series Editors, Jennifer C. Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
and Stewart I. Donaldson, Claremont Graduate University
This volume addresses a fundamental and highly debated issue in the evaluation field - the use
of evaluation information for decision-making. Chapter authors honor the contributions of Professor
Marvin C. Alkin to the evaluation use literature and advance our thinking on the topic by
exploring a wide range of issues related to the theoretical and practical challenges of using evaluation
information to make informed, evidence-based decisions. Readers will come away from
this volume with a new and clearer understanding of the theoretical, contextual, methodological,
and political dimensions of use and with direction for practice. Chapters are written by leading
evaluation scholars, including Ernest House; Stewart Donaldson and Tarek Azzam; Eric
Barela; Richard D. Nunneley, Jr., Jean A. King, Kelli Johnson, and Laura Pejsa; Eleanor Chelimsky;
Michael Quinn Patton; and Wanda D. Casillas, Rodney K. Hopson and Ricardo L.
Gomez.
Evaluation Use and Decision-Making in Society: A Tribute to Marvin C. Alkin will be of great interest to evaluation students, scholars
and practitioners. This volume has scholarly application for those who desire a state-of-the-art resource for the latest insights and perspectives
on one of the most pressing issues that the evaluation field faces today, while also serving as a useful guide for both novice
and experienced evaluation practitioners. It is appropriate for use in a variety of evaluation courses including Introduction to Evaluation
and Procedural Issues in Evaluation as well as topical seminars such as Evaluation Use and Decision-Making.