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Research on Evaluation Outside Journal Publications: An Analysis of Proposals Accepted for the 2019 American Evaluation Association Annual Conference

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Many evaluators may be conducting and presenting research on evaluation (RoE) without realizing it. Proposals accepted to present at the AEA 2019 conference were analyzed for whether or not they were RoE (i.e., systematic, empirical, and focused on evaluation). RoE proposals were then coded using a framework by Mark (2008) to determine the common trends across those identified as RoE. Non-RoE proposals were coded for why they were not RoE, including that they were not systematic, empirical, and/or focused on evaluation. A total of 15% of the 732 proposals analyzed were coded as RoE; most proposals examined evaluation activities using the descriptive mode of inquiry. Furthermore, most non-RoE proposals were coded as not RoE because they presented an evaluation rather than a research study on evaluation or because they were reflections on evaluation. This study presents multiple opportunities and future directions for RoE.

Source: Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation

DOI: 10.56645/jmde.v21i51.995

Authors: Dana Jayne Linnell, Esther C. Nolton, Travis R. Moore, Michael Harnar, Seema Mahato

Institutions: University of Wisconsin–Stout, Tufts University, Western Michigan University, Washington University in St. Louis

Language: English

Topic: Evaluation and Performance Assessment

Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Western Michigan University

OpenAlex ID: W4413233576

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