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The Mechanistic Rewards of Data and Theory Integration for Theory-Based Evaluation
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Pedagogy and Learning. (Läroplansteori och didaktik (SITE))ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2282-8071
Mälardalen University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2964-6297
Mälardalen University, Sweden;Östfold University College, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3329-0177
2024 (English)In: American Journal of Evaluation, ISSN 1098-2140, E-ISSN 1557-0878, Vol. 45, no 1, p. 110-132Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this article, we discuss the methodological implications of data and theory integration for Theory-Based Evaluation (TBE). TBE is a family of approaches to program evaluation that use program theories as instruments to answer questions about whether, how, and why a program works. Some of the groundwork about TBE has expressed the idea that a proper program theory should specify the intervening mechanisms underlying the program outcome. In the present article, we discuss in what way data and theory integration can help evaluators in constructing and refining mechanistic program theories. The paper argues that a mechanism is both a network of entities and activities and a network of counterfactual relations. Furthermore, we argue that although data integration typically provides information about different parts of a program, it is the integration of theory that provides the most important mechanistic insights.

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Sage Publications, 2024. Vol. 45, no 1, p. 110-132
Keywords [en]
data integration, theory integration, mechanism, theory-based evaluation, process tracing
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Philosophy Psychology
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Social Sciences, Practical Philosophy; Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-118691DOI: 10.1177/10982140221122764ISI: 000922160700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85147371575OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-118691DiVA, id: diva2:1730399
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Swedish Research Council, 2014-2008Available from: 2023-01-24 Created: 2023-01-24 Last updated: 2024-03-13Bibliographically approved

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