Values in Evaluation and Social Research

The authors use the tools of philosophy and the insights from evaluation practice to cut through current confusion about values and the interplay of facts and values. Four views of facts and values in evaluation are analyzed: those rooted in a fact-value dichotomy and those of radical constructivists, postmodernists, and deliberative democrats. The arguments are tough, the prose concise, and the insights compelling.

List of contents

Introduction
The Problem of Values
PART ONE: VALUE CLAIMS
Facts and Values
Evaluative Reasoning
PART TWO: CRITIQUES OF OTHER VIEWS
The Received View
The Radical Constructivist View
The Postmodern View
PART THREE: DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRATIC EVALUATION
The Deliberative Democratic View
Good Practice
Conclusion
The Role of Evaluation in Society

Summary

Using the tools of philosophy and the insights from evaluation practice this book examines the concept of value in program evaluation. The authors analyze four views of facts and values in evaluation: those rooted in a fact-value dichotomy; those of radical constructivists; those of postmodernists; and those of deliberative democrats.

Product details

• Authors: Emest R. House, Ernest House, Ernest . House, Ernest R. House, House Ernest R., Dr. Kenneth R. Howe, Kenneth R. Howe
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.09.1999
• EAN: 9780761911548
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-1154-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 400 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Evaluation, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Communication Studies, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics