Evaluation research and the sociopolitical structure: A review

Wilderman, Robert

doi:10.1007/bf00893166

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“…Resistance to evaluation (Datta, 2001;Monsen, 2002;Taut & Brauns, 2003) manifests itself through anxiety (Donaldson, Gooler, & Scriven, 2002), a refusal to act (Hawkins & Sloma, 1978), a sabotaging of work processes (Perloff & Perloff, 1977) and passivity (Wilderman, 1979).…”

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A mixed method study of propensity for participatory evaluation

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Brodeur³

2011

Evaluation and Program Planning

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A mixed method study of propensity for participatory evaluation

Smits

Champagne²,

Brodeur³

2011

Evaluation and Program Planning

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On the Organizational Theory of Evaluation

Heilman

1986

Administration & Society

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This article uses Wamsley and Zald's discussion of the political economy of public organizations to develop categories of constraints on evaluation in bureaucratic settings. It argues that the relevant literature focuses largely on political factors, in part because this literature concentrates on the utilization of evaluation results. Interviews with federal administrators concerning the establishment of an evaluation unit are used to explore a mix of economic and political factors. The article concludes that program managers choosing an evaluation agent have some latitude to determine the timing and context of different struggles over evaluation.

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Subjective and Objective Methods of Evaluating Social Programs

Alemi

1987

Eval Rev

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A practical problem in evaluation studies with limited resources is that all methodologies cannot be tried. Thus the evaluator must decide what questions must be answered and then choose which method would best provide the answers. The choice, however, is not simple. It involves several different trade-offs. These trade-offs are articulated through a discussion of the differences between (a) Bayesian and traditional statistics, (b) decision and cost benefit analysis, and (c) anthropological and traditional case studies. The intent of the article is to make evaluators sensitive to the implicit trade-offs associated with choosing a subjective or an objective method.

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Evaluation research and the sociopolitical structure: A review

Cited by 4 publications

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A mixed method study of propensity for participatory evaluation

A mixed method study of propensity for participatory evaluation

On the Organizational Theory of Evaluation

Subjective and Objective Methods of Evaluating Social Programs

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