A critical study of the use of an evaluation model designed to measure the outcomes and impact of development interventions

This study investigates a naturalistic evaluation model’s ability to assess the outcomes and impact of development interventions in a rigorous manner. The study was undertaken by means of a meta-evaluation of five evaluation projects conducted by a socio-economic development consultancy situated in Cape Town. This meta-evaluation process was based upon four evaluation quality or ‘trustworthiness’ criteria proposed by Guba and Lincoln (1989); namely, credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. These four criteria were conceptualised, operationalised and applied to the evaluation projects under review.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Sociology

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Phillips, Tracey

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• De Wet, Jacques

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3860

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/3860