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Evaluation for the real world : the impact of evidence in policy making / Colin Palfrey, Paul Thomas and Ceri Philips.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Palfrey, Colin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human services--Great Britain--Evaluation.
- Human services.
- Political planning--Great Britain.
- Political planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 248 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol [England] : Policy Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This valuable book examines the development of evaluation and its impact on public policy by analysing evaluation frameworks and criteria which are available when evaluating public policies and services.
- Contents:
- Evaluation in the political and academic worlds
- What is meant by evaluation?
- Designing evaluations
- Selecting evaluation criteria
- Developments in economic evaluation
- The impact of evaluation on decision making
- The future for evaluation
- Concluding thoughts.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781447308461
- 1447308468
- 9781447308454
- 144730845X
- 9781280877452
- 1280877456
- 9781847429162
- 1847429165
- OCLC:
- 798209758
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