The Role of Experience in Formulating Theories of Evaluation Practice
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Journal of Evaluation
- Vol. 19 (1) , 35-55
- https://doi.org/10.1177/109821409801900104
Abstract
Although it is widely believed that evaluation theory is practice-based, it is rare to see any systematic examination of the fit between the two. This address, given at AEA’s most recent meeting in San Diego, uses a data base of about 300 published evaluations to compare some of the lessons learned in recent practice against some of our more hallowed theoretical precepts.Keywords
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