Assumptions : complexity, practice and values

Assumptions: Complexity, Practice and Values delves into the empirical and theoretical aspects of assumptions in evaluation, offering methodologies to identify and categorize them, and exploring how they influence evaluations and each other. It provides practical guidance for evaluators to help stak...

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Other Authors Nkwake, Apollo M. (Editor), Morell, Jonathan A. (Editor), Bledsoe, Katrina L. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
SeriesEvaluation and society.
Subjects
Hypothesis.
Evaluation.
Science > Research & Methodology.
Scientific research.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781805922483
DOI10.1108/9781805922469
Physical Description1 online resource (160 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Assumptions: Complexity, Practice and Values / Apollo M. Nkwake
  • Chapter 2. Assumptions Through a Complexity Lens / Jonathan A. Morell
  • Chapter 3. Evolving Evaluation Premises and Principles for Working with Assumptions in the Polycrisis / Michael Patton
  • Chapter 4. Adaptation of Assumptions Based Evaluation to deal with Complexity, Values and Different Perspectives / Osvaldo Néstor Feinstein
  • Chapter 5. Working smartly with assumptions in programs: Results from a Survey on Assumptions / Godfrey Senkaba
  • Chapter 6. Working with program theory assumptions in a school related gender-based violence (SRGBV) prevention intervention / Apollo M. Nkwake and Daniel Lavan
  • Chapter 7. How do we begin? Practices and tools for examining evaluator positionality, assumptions, and bias / Min Ma
  • Chapter 8. Concluding Impressions About Research on Evaluation / Assumptions / Jonathan A. Morell.

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