Dr. Mark Lipsey, a leader of the field of evaluation, talks about evidence-based practice and its relation to evaluation. Evidenced-based social science theories are often helpful for understanding the etiology of desired or undesired outcomes and...
Social action; Personality; Social psychology; Collective behavior
In many ways, working alone and together, people often take action for the benefit of other people, their communities, and for society at large. For example, as individuals, they serve as volunteers and give to charities; and, as members of groups...
Melvin Mark, professor of psychology at The Pennsylvania State University, presents this conclusion to the symposium, “What Constitutes Credible Evidence in Evaluation and Applied Research.” Mark synthesizes presentations given during this...
Social psychology; Evaluation; Applied social research; American Evaluation Association; Experiments; Qualitative research
The 2004 debate was a part of the annual Professional Development Workshop Series organized by the School of Behavioral and Organizational Science at Claremont Gradate University. Dr. Lipsey, Dr. Scriven and Dr. Donaldson discuss key issues of...
