Designing Investigative Evaluations
The predominant purpose of most investigative social program evaluations has been the amelioration of social problems; however, increasing client demands, shifting evaluator roles and methodological innovations have all influenced evaluators to become increasingly responsive to client interests. Con...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/13563899822208482 2023-05-15T17:21:59+02:00 Designing Investigative Evaluations Problem Solution Versus Client Responsiveness Smith, Nick L. 1998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13563899822208482 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13563899822208482 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Evaluation volume 4, issue 2, page 117-129 ISSN 1356-3890 1461-7153 Sociology and Political Science Development journal-article 1998 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/13563899822208482 2022-04-14T04:35:48Z The predominant purpose of most investigative social program evaluations has been the amelioration of social problems; however, increasing client demands, shifting evaluator roles and methodological innovations have all influenced evaluators to become increasingly responsive to client interests. Concerns have been raised that evaluations cannot simultaneously emphasize both problem solutions and client responsiveness, and that to emphasize client interests is to necessarily undermine the quality of information needed to solve social problems. Three case studies are reported here to illustrate alternative ways by which evaluation practitioners have successfully balanced client responsiveness with problem solution: evaluations of a medical school curriculum in Hawaii, an industrial technology transfer program in Norway, and a fisheries employment-support program in Newfoundland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Norway Evaluation 4 2 117 129 |
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The predominant purpose of most investigative social program evaluations has been the amelioration of social problems; however, increasing client demands, shifting evaluator roles and methodological innovations have all influenced evaluators to become increasingly responsive to client interests. Concerns have been raised that evaluations cannot simultaneously emphasize both problem solutions and client responsiveness, and that to emphasize client interests is to necessarily undermine the quality of information needed to solve social problems. Three case studies are reported here to illustrate alternative ways by which evaluation practitioners have successfully balanced client responsiveness with problem solution: evaluations of a medical school curriculum in Hawaii, an industrial technology transfer program in Norway, and a fisheries employment-support program in Newfoundland. |
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