Improvement Science in Evaluation: Methods and Uses: New Directions for Evaluation, Number 153

by Sebastian Lemire, Moira Inkelas, Christina A. Christie

Book Overview

While improvement science has experienced a surge of interest over the past 30 years, applications of it are rare in the evaluation literature.

This issue promotes the cross-fertilization of ideas, techniques, and tools between evaluation and improvement science. There are at least four areas where this cross-fertilization is particularly relevant: learning from error, examining variation, appreciating context, and focusing on systems change...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119378664
• ISBN13: 9781119378662
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.9"