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Smith, John K. – Educational Researcher, 1988
Relativism is an inevitable consequence of our interpretive mode of being in the world. This is so for both our daily lives and our professional lives. What does not overly concern us at the former level should likewise not concern us at the latter level. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Research Needs
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Mathison, Sandra. – Educational Researcher, 1988
Triangulation strategy results in evidence characterized by the following: (1) convergence; (2) inconsistency; and (3) contradiction. In order to render the data sensible, the researcher or evaluator must report data collection procedures, as well as the three levels of information from which explanations of social phenomena are constructed. (BJV)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators
Klitzke, Elizabeth – 1981
This study assessed the impacts on 58 schools and 379 on-site visitation team members participating in a Wisconsin Secondary Vocational Education Program Evaluation during three years, 1978-80. To accomplish this, a methodological mix was chosen, so that impacts could be documented quantitatively through questionnaire data, and qualitatively…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Research