Evaluation Use and Decision-Making in Society : A Tribute to Marvin C. Alkin Paperback / softback
by Anne T. Vo
Edited by Christina A. Christie
Part of the Evaluation and Society series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:188 pages
- Publisher:Information Age Publishing
- Publication Date:30/05/2015
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- ISBN:9781681230047
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:188 pages
- Publisher:Information Age Publishing
- Publication Date:30/05/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781681230047