Validity and generalization in future case study evaluations

Evaluation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-332

  Yin, Robert K ^a  

^a COSMOS Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

analytic generalization; initial evaluation questions; intervention complexity; logic models; rival explanations; role of theory; triangulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880093881     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389013497081     Document Type: Article

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