Using an outcomes modeling approach to action research September 9, 2009
Posted by Paul Duignan in : Doing evaluation more efficiently, Easy Outcomes, Outcomes models, Using the approach , trackbackWill get back to blogging on the Australasian Evaluation Society Conference when I get a moment (may not be for a few days). In the meantime had to prepare an article about using outcomes modeling as a basic tool within an action research approach. Because outcomes modeling – developing visual outcomes models (like a type of logic model, or theory of change model) – according to the outcomes theory set of standards for building such models is a generic process, such models can be used for a wide range of purposes. They can, for instance, be used within an action research approach. Action research is an approach which attempts to work in cycles of research/action/research. It has the great virtue of ensuring that research is connected to action and action is connected to research.
I see it as having a lot in common which what some evaluators call formative or developmental evaluation where evaluation methods are used to ensure that a program is optimized. Check out the article if you are interested in action research and leave comments if you want to at the bottom of the article.
The article is:
Duignan, P. (2009). Action research: Using an outcomes modeling approach. Outcomes Theory Knowledge Base Article No. 261. (http://knol.google.com/k/paul-duignan-phd/-/2m7zd68aaz774/122).
Paul Duignan, PhD. (Follow me on my Outcomes Blog; Twitter; or via my E-Newsletter).
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