Toward accurate measurement of participation: Rethinking the conceptualization and operationalization of participatory evaluation

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 330-348

  Daigneault, Pierre Marc ^a   Jacob, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative evaluation; Conceptual analysis; Ontology; Operationalization and measurement; Participatory evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249122798     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214009340580     Document Type: Article

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