A convenient marriage: qualitative research design and the Program Evaluation Standards
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https://doi.org/10.7203/relieve.1.2.6322Keywords:
Evaluation, program evaluation, research designAbstract
This article provide a qualitative researcher's perspective on the 1993 Program Evaluation Standards. These new Standards are of critical importance for evaluators because they establish agreed- upons for proper behavior within the evaluation community.
Three aspects of the Standards are most salient to qualitative researchers: the concern for the human aspects of evaluation; issues of validity and meaning; and a broadned definition of legitimate data collection and analysis techniques.
It has taken several decades for the utility of match-making between qualitative and quantitative research designs to be recognized by the evaluation community. The 1993 Program Evaluation Standards update evaluation procedures and legitimate a sensible integration of the wide range of research procedures available to program evaluators.Downloads
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