Realistic Evaluation

by Ray Pawson and Nick Tilley

Book Overview

Realistic Evaluation shows how programme evaluation needs to be, and can be bettered. It presents a profound yet highly readable critique of current evaluation practice, and goes on to introduce a manifesto′ and handbook′ for a fresh approach.

The main body of this book is devoted to the articulation of a new evaluation paradigm, which promises greater validity and utility from the findings of evaluation studies. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761950095
• ISBN13: 9780761950097
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"