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Title Revisiting truth, beauty, and justice : evaluating with validity in the 21st century / James C. Griffith, Biance Montrosse-Moorhead, editors
Published Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2014

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Series New directions for evaluation ; number 142
New directions for evaluation ; no. 142.
Contents Origins of the ideas in Evaluating with validity / Ernest R. House -- The value in validity / James C. Griffith, Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead -- How "beauty" can bring truth and justice to life / E. Jane Davidson -- Credible judgment: combining truth, beauty, and justice / Marthe Hurteau, David D. Williams -- Negotiating truth, beauty, and justice: a politically responsive approach / Tarek Azzam, Bret Levine -- Truth, beauty, and justice: conceptualizing House's framework for evaluation in community-based settings / Katrina L. Bledsoe -- Justice signposts in evaluation theory, practice, and policy / Rodney K. Hopson -- House with a view: validity and evaluative argument / Bianca Montrosse-Moorehead, James C. Griffith, Pamela Pokorny
Summary This issue discusses ways of constructing, organizing, and managing arguments for evaluation. Not focued solely on the logic of evaluation or predictive validity, it discusses the various elements needed to construct evaluation arguments that are compelling and influential by virtue of the truth, beauty, and justice they express. Through exposition, original research, critical reflection, and application to case examples, the authors present tools, perspectives, and guides to help evaluators navigate the complex contexts of evaluation in the 21st century. This is the 142nd issue in the New Dire
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Evaluation.
REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers.
Evaluation
Form Electronic book
Author Griffith, James C
Montrosse-Moorhead, Bianca
ISBN 9781118930366
1118930363