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Pragmatic support for policies on methodology
Author(s) -
Julnes George,
Rog Debra J.
Publication year - 2007
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.219
Subject(s) - phenomenon , management science , evaluation methods , computer science , engineering ethics , epistemology , engineering , reliability engineering , philosophy
This final chapter summarizes the areas of consensus in the debate on method choice, including considering the nature of the primary evaluation questions, the nature of the phenomenon being evaluated, the constraints on the evaluation, and ethical issues. Pragmatic suggestions based on these areas as well as areas still in contention are offered.