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Making Methods Choices.
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Patton, Michael Quinn – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1980
Methodological paradigms in evaluation research are discussed. This article is a response to the attacks on paradigmatic perspectives made by Reichardt and Cook in the opening chapter of their edited book, "Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Evaluation Research." (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Literature Reviews, Models
"Paradigms Lost": Some Thoughts on Choosing Methods in Evaluation Research.
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Reichardt, Charles S.; Cook, Thomas D. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1980
How some of the past literature creates the impression of an inevitable method-paradigm linkage and of a forced choice between qualitative and quantitative paradigms is shown. Difficulties of making method choices are considered. It is suggested that purposefully developed strengths of different methods should not be ignored. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Input Output Analysis, Interviews