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The Role of Evaluation in Research-Practice Integration: Working Toward the "Golden Spike

dc.contributor.authorTrochim, William
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-11T13:56:37Z
dc.date.available2010-06-11T13:56:37Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractProgram evaluation and planning is at the heart of efforts to integrate the domains of practice and research. Traditionally, research and practice have operated in independent spheres with practitioners focused on the implementation of programs that affect individual behavior and researchers focused on the development and testing of theory. Evidence-based practice (EBP), practice-based evidence, and translational research have attempted to unite these worlds, and although significant advances have been made, there is a continued need to find mechanisms that enable a seamless connection between knowledge generation and application. We propose a method that builds on the traditions of theory-driven evaluation, logic modeling, and systems science and uses evaluation and program planning as the bridging mechanism between research and practice. Included in this approach are methods that aid in the explicit expression of implicit theories, management of evaluation resources, and linkage of program theory and evaluation measures to a research evidence base.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Journal of Evaluation, 30(4), 538-553en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/15120
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectPolicy Analysis and Managementen_US
dc.titleThe Role of Evaluation in Research-Practice Integration: Working Toward the "Golden Spikeen_US
dc.typearticleen_US

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