Should Evaluation Be Freed from Its Causal Links? An Answer Illustrated by European Economic Development Policies.

Toulemonde, Jacques

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Publication Date: 1995

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Should Evaluation Be Freed from Its Causal Links? An Answer Illustrated by European Economic Development Policies.

Toulemonde, Jacques

Evaluation and Program Planning, v18 n2 p179-90 Apr-Jun 1995

In most cases, questions of cause and effect cannot be answered by social science methods. However, it is argued that evaluation should not be freed from dealing with missing causal links. It is possible to predict whether a causal question is likely to be measured or assessed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Causal Models, Economic Development, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Public Policy, Research Methodology, Social Science Research

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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