What Does a Transformative Lens Bring to Credible Evidence in Mixed Methods Evaluations?
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- 6 June 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in New Directions for Evaluation
- Vol. 2013 (138) , 27-35
Abstract
Credibility in evaluation is a multifaceted concept that involves consideration of diverse stakeholders' perspectives and purposes. The use of a transformative lens is proposed as a means to bringing issues of social justice and human rights to the foreground in decisions about methodology, credibility of evidence, and use of evaluation findings. ©Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association.Keywords
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