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Values in evaluation and social research / Ernest R. House, Kenneth R. Howe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- House, Ernest R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evaluation research (Social action programs).
- Social sciences--Research.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 152 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides a compelling examination of the concept of values in program evaluation.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Problem of Values; Part I - Value Claims; Chapter 1 - Facts and Values; Chapter 2 - Evaluative Reasoning; Part II - Critiques of other Views; Chapter 3 - The Received View; Chapter 4 - The Radical Constructivist View; Chapter 5 - The Postmodernist View; Part III - Deliberative Democratic Evaluation; Chapter 6 - The Deliberative Democratic View; Chapter 7 - Good Practice; Conclusion: The Role of Evaluation in Society; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-143) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781322420769
- 1322420769
- 9780761911548
- 0761911545
- 9781452251776
- 1452251770
- OCLC:
- 809773786
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