Un matrimonio conveniente: diseño de investigación cualitativa y estándares para la evaluación de programas

• Main Author: Margaret D. LeCompte
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asociación Interuniversitaria de Investigación Pedagógía 1995-01-01
• Series: RELIEVE: Revista Electrónica de Investigación y Evaluación Educativa
• Online Access: http://www.uv.es/RELIEVE/v1/RELIEVEv1n1.htm

This article provide a qualitative researcher's perspective on the 1993 Program Evaluation Standards. These new Standards are of critical importance for evaluators because they establish agreed- upons for proper behavior within the evaluation community. Three aspects of the Standards are most salient to qualitative researchers: the concern for the human aspects of evaluation; issues of validity and meaning; and a broadned definition of legitimate data collection and analysis techniques. It has taken several decades for the utility of match-making between qualitative and quantitative research designs to be recognized by the evaluation community. The 1993 Program Evaluation Standards update evaluation procedures and legitimate a sensible integration of the wide range of research procedures available to program evaluators.