Quality, Context, and Use: Issues in Achieving the Goals of Metaevaluation

Autor/inn/en	Cooksy, Leslie J.; Caracelli, Valerie J.
Titel	Quality, Context, and Use: Issues in Achieving the Goals of Metaevaluation
Quelle	In: American Journal of Evaluation, 26 (2005) 1, S.31-42 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-2140
DOI	10.1177/1098214004273252
Schlagwörter	Evaluation Methods; Meta Evaluation; Evaluation Research; Context Effect; Ethics; Agriculture; International Cooperation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evaluationsforschung; Ethik; Landwirtschaft; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Abstract	Metaevaluations are systematic reviews of evaluations to determine the quality of their processes and findings. The knowledge about evaluation quality that results from metaevaluation of multiple evaluations can be used to inform researchers' decisions about which studies to include in evaluation syntheses. Metaevaluations of multiple studies are also used to identify strengths and weaknesses in evaluation practice in order to develop evaluation capacity. This article discusses the multiple ways in which quality can be defined, the political and cultural contexts of metaevaluation, and issues surrounding use and misuse. A metaevaluation of evaluations of international agricultural research centers illustrates these topics. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10