Book review: The science of evaluation: a realist manifesto

Buhagiar, Lawrence (2013) Book review: The science of evaluation: a realist manifesto. LSE Review of Books (12 Jun 2013). Website.

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"The Science of Evaluation: A Realist Manifesto." Ray Pawson. SAGE. February 2013. --- Evaluation researchers are tasked with providing the evidence to guide programme building and to assess its outcomes. They labour under the highest expectations – bringing independence and objectivity to policy making. Have these efforts produced a progressive, cumulative and authoritative body of knowledge that we might think of as evaluation science? This is the question addressed by Ray Pawson. Lawrence Buhagiar finds that this book certainly deserves to be widely read and discussed.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2013 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education Q Science > Q Science (General) Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources
Date Deposited:	05 Nov 2013 16:39
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 18:52
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/54100

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