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  • Determining causality in program evaluation & applied research: should experimental evidence be the gold standard?
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    Social psychology; Evaluation; Applied social research; American Evaluation Association; Experiments; Qualitative research
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    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...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • Empowerment evaluation: its promise (Fetterman) and pitfalls (Scriven & Patton)
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    Social psychology; Evaluation; American Evaluation Association
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    This debate between Dr. Fetterman, Dr. Scriven and Dr. Patton covers issues related to empowerment evaluation and offers an intense arguments about its promise and pitfalls. The debate covers
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • Utilization-focused evaluation: its promise (Patton) and pitfalls (Scriven)
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    Social psychology; Evaluation; American Evaluation Association
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    In this debate Dr. Patton and Dr. Scriven discuss issues related to utilization-focused evaluation and its promise and pitfalls respectively. The debate covers key issues to how the field is practiced today. The debaters discuss the importance of...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • Gunfight at the causation corral: let’s run those Clantons out of Tombstone
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    Evaluation; Social sciences
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    Evaluation Theorist Michael Scriven, of Western Michigan University, presents his perspective on the “causation-debate.” According to Scriven, formal analysis (e.g., experimentation and statistical analysis) is neither necessary nor sufficient...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • Thriving in the global zeitgeist of accountability and evidence-based practice
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    Psychology, Applied; Evaluation; Social sciences
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    Stewart Donaldson, dean of the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University opens this symposium with a presentation about the “second boom” of applied psychology and evaluation. In this new phase of the...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • When credibility is not enough: what to do when getting it right matters
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    Psychology, Applied; Evaluation; Social sciences
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    Dr. Gary T. Henry (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) discusses his point of view in the debate for what counts as credible evidence in evaluation and applied research, arguing that credibility is too subjective a factor to place trust...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • Credibility and other criteria for “good evidence”: integrating diverse perspectives, toward better judgments about evaluation and applied research
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    Evaluation; Social sciences
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    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...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science

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