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Mixed Methods and Credibility of Evidence in Evaluation
Author(s) -
Mertens Donna M.,
HesseBiber Sharlene
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.20053
Subject(s) - credibility , meaning (existential) , process (computing) , evaluation methods , epistemology , association (psychology) , psychology , management science , computer science , economics , philosophy , engineering , reliability engineering , operating system
We argue for a view of credible evidence that is multidimensional in philosophical and methodological terms. We advocate for the importance of deepening the meaning of credible evaluation practice and findings by bringing multiple philosophical and theoretical lenses to the evaluation process as a basis for the use of mixed methods in evaluation, thus providing evaluators with strategies for garnering more complex and diverse perspectives on the creation of credible evidence. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association .