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The Role of Experience in Formulating Theories of Evaluation Practice

Eleanor Chelimsky

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Although it is widely believed that evaluation theory is practice-based, it is rare to see any systematic examination of the fit between the two. This address, given at AEA’s most recent meeting in San Diego, uses a data base of about 300 published evaluations to compare some of the lessons learned in recent practice against some of our more hallowed theoretical precepts.

American Journal of Evaluation, Vol. 19, No. 1, 35-55 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/109821409801900104
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