Qualitative Evaluation - Introducing Qualitative Methods series Author:Ian F Shaw This book is a practical introduction to the strategies and methods of qualitative evaluation. Ian Shaw shows how the everyday world of evaluation practice can utilize qualitative approaches to capture an understanding that more traditional quantitative approaches may not be able to.Three broad sections include discussions of: the foundations of... more » evaluation and recent trends; evaluation and action programmes and policies; and the practice of evaluation (including design, data collection and analysis).Exercises for each chapter show how to apply the issues, approaches and methods illustrated.Qualitative Evaluation will be an ideal introduction for students, researchers and users of evaluation, especially in the fields of education, social work and human services, non-profit and public sectors, also for qualitative researchers across the social sciences.« less