A New Realistic Evaluation Analysis Method: Linked Coding of Context, Mechanism, and Outcome Relationships

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-349

  Jackson, Suzanne F ^a   Kolla, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

analysis; evaluation; qualitative; realistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864413348     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214012440030     Document Type: Article

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