The false choice between theory-based evaluation and experimentation, in New Directions for Evaluation - Special Issue: Program Theory in Evaluation: Challenge and Opportunities. Vol. 2000 (87)

Author(s)
Cook, T. D.
Publication language
English
Pages
8pp
Date published
01 Jan 2000
Type
Articles
Keywords
Evaluation-related
Link
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ev.1179/abstract

This chapter offers a critical commentary on theory-based evaluation, stressing its utility as a method of program planning and as an adjunct to experiments but rejecting it as an alternative to experiments.