RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND POLICY ANALYSIS: HEURISTICS FOR DISCIPLINED INQUIRY uri icon

abstract

  • Terminology like evaluation research and policy analysis research poses a fundamental conflict in talking about what constitutes legitimate inquiry activities. Using the twopart definition of disciplined inquiry developed by Cronbach and Suppes (1969). it is possible to characterize research, evaluation and policy analysis as three separate and distinct forms of disciplined inquiry. As distinct forms, each has its own unique definition, purpose(s), products, intended outcomes or effects, and audiences. Further, under the definitions proposed, emergent inquiry paradigms have as much utility as older, conventional models. Copyright 1986, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

published proceedings

  • Review of Policy Research

altmetric score

  • 3.25

author list (cited authors)

  • Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. E.

citation count

  • 54

complete list of authors

  • Lincoln, Yvonna S||Guba, Egon E

publication date

  • February 1986

publisher