A critical study of the use of an evaluation model designed to measure the outcomes and impact of development interventions

• Main Author: Phillips, Tracey
• Other Authors: De Wet, Jacques
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 2014
• Subjects: Sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3860

Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references. === This study investigates a naturalistic evaluation model’s ability to assess the outcomes and impact of development interventions in a rigorous manner. The study was undertaken by means of a meta-evaluation of five evaluation projects conducted by a socio-economic development consultancy situated in Cape Town. This meta-evaluation process was based upon four evaluation quality or ‘trustworthiness’ criteria proposed by Guba and Lincoln (1989); namely, credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. These four criteria were conceptualised, operationalised and applied to the evaluation projects under review.