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Fourth Generation Evaluation
Egon G. Guba · 1989
74/100
👍 Worth It
A genuinely landmark academic text that shook up how evaluation researchers thought about their work when it came out in 1989, and it is still assigned in graduate programs for good reason. The constructivist argument is made with conviction and coherence, though its ideological certainty is contested and the prose is dense enough to test patience. For anyone studying evaluation methodology, it is essential reading; for general audiences, it is a hard sell.
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Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness74
Craft & writing73
Originality79
Evidence & accuracy85
Hype vs delivers72
Age-fit76
👁 Human-eye gut-check76
Penny’s verdict74
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