Fundamental Issues in Evaluation

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Fundamental Issues in Evaluation is written by Nick L. Smith and published by Guilford Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1593853424 (ISBN 10) and 9781593853426 (ISBN 13).

Providing state-of-the-art perspectives on what evaluation is, its purpose, and how to ensure it is done well, this book brings together major evaluation researchers from a variety of social and behavioral science disciplines. Each chapter identifies a fundamental issue facing the field today; considers its implications for theory, method, practice, or the profession; and explores one or more approaches to dealing with the issue. Among the topics addressed are the nature of expertise in evaluation, how to build a better evidence base for evaluation theory, promoting cultural competence in evaluation, how to synthesize evaluation research findings, ways to involve stakeholders in decision making, and much more.