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Peer reviewedNoblit, George W. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1984
Applied ethnography has strengths in areas that vitally need research and can inform policymakers in areas where rationalism and positivism cannot. However, several threats to the ethnographic approach are posed by a utilitarian culture, e.g., redefinition of the variables studied, a focus on discrete facts and "controlling" knowledge…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Ethnography, Political Power, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedSmith, John K. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1984
The assumptions of interpretive (or naturalistic) inquiry are incompatible with the desire for foundation criteria and procedures. Critical analysis of the historical views of Dilthey and Weber and the contemporary writings of Guba are used to support this position. (BS)
Descriptors: Epistemology, Evaluation Criteria, Research Methodology, Research Problems
Peer reviewedSt. Pierre, Robert G. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
A model is described which illustrates two general uses of multiple analyses to evaluate quasi-experiments: obtaining estimates of the treatment effect, and checking the validity of the experiment. (MH)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Literature Reviews, Models
