Useful tips are given, for example, on "designing" a study as it unfolds, establishing "trustworthiness," and writing a case report. This book helps researchers "both to understand and to do naturalistic inquiry.

Publisher's description: Fourth Generation Evaluation represents a monumental shift in evaluation practice.

'One of the clearest and most forceful statements about the so-called naturalistic approaches to evaluation.

Outlines the basic principles and practices of constructivism for use in social sciences, the final work of leading constructivist theorist Egon Guba and his partner Yvonna Lincoln.