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Ascertaining causality in theory-based evaluation

✍ Scribed by E. Jane Davidson

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
576 KB
Volume
2000
Category
Article
ISSN
1097-6736

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This chapter explores the relative strengths and weaknesses of program theory as a tool for inferring causality and outlines a five‐stage approach that makes increased use of inductively built program theories and takes more deliberate account of the varying levels of certainty that are required for evaluative conclusions.

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