PPT-Realist Evaluation & Realist Synthesis:

A nontechnical introduction Ray Pawson Erasmus University March 2013 formative evaluation summative evaluation experimental evaluation quasiexperimental evaluation impact evaluation process evaluation . A non-technical introduction. Ray Pawson. Erasmus University. March 2013. … formative evaluation, … summative evaluation, … experimental evaluation, … quasi-experimental evaluation, … impact evaluation, … process evaluation, … . An interpretive perspective. Janet Harris . K U Leuven QES Workshop 4 – 6 June 2012. Acknowledgements. These power points build on the materials presented by Angela Harden in the systematic . review . Realism. EARLY APPROACHES. RADICAL APPROACHES. DURKHEIM (1895) – Early functionalist view. BONGER (1916) – . Early Marxist View. MERTON (1938) – . Strain Theory. SUBCULTURAL EXPLANATIONS (1955-62). Or how we stopped talking about fields of flowers . in such dreadfully romantic ways. Annibale. Carracci, “The Butcher's Shop” 1585s. “The . life of . man is . solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Dr Andrew Booth. Caveat Reviewer: Pandora’s . Box!. Confusing Terminology, Variety of Choices. Qualitative Systematic Review. Qualitative Meta-Synthesis. Qualitative Research Synthesis. Qualitative Evidence Synthesis. . Parts 1-4 – Data Extraction, Quality Assessment, Synthesising Across Studies, . Completing the Analysis. Workshop: . Framework Synthesis, Meta-Ethnography and Realist Synthesis . Shared Topic: . Dr Andrew Booth. Caveat Reviewer: Pandora’s . Box!. Confusing Terminology, Variety of Choices. Qualitative Systematic Review. Qualitative Meta-Synthesis. Qualitative Research Synthesis. Qualitative Evidence Synthesis. The Left vs. The Right. Discuss. What does it mean to have “left wing” or “right wing” political views. ?. What do we mean by the ‘political spectrum’?. People shouldn’t have to pay taxes!. Sumit Gulwani. sumitg@microsoft.com. Microsoft Research, Redmond. August 2013. Marktoberdorf. Summer School Lectures: Part 1. 1. Synthesis. Goal: . Synthesize a computational concept in some . underlying language. Drs Andrew Booth and Chris Carroll. Framework for systematic reviews of qualitative research (Garside, 2010). Stage. Typical activities. Developing research question. Assemble team; Consult; Agree approach. Sumit Gulwani. sumitg@microsoft.com. Microsoft Research, Redmond. August 2013. Marktoberdorf. Summer School Lectures: Part 1. 1. Synthesis. Goal: . Synthesize a computational concept in some . underlying language. John Steinbeck. American Realism (1860-1890). Realism tries hard (as its name suggests) to present the world as it really is -- the way, for instance, a photograph might capture it. Howells writes that "realism is nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material." Since it tries so hard to . Strategies for organizationClimactic orderarranges the most important/persuasive evidence last since this is what is remembered Problem/solutionestablishes the problem in the introduction then offers Paul Bacon. SILS. IR201. Realism. Realism has been easily the most influential theory of international relations. . Most diplomats, politicians and professors have, implicitly or explicitly, believed that realism provides the best account of how...