@article{ref1,
title="Evaluations that fail: nasty emails, small samples and tenuous futures",
journal="Evidence and policy",
year="2019",
author="Hall, Amy Cox",
volume="15",
number="1",
pages="161-172",
abstract="In this practice paper I examine the evaluation of one project and ask whether or not the evaluation failed. I suggest that because I was unaware of the larger connections between the grant agency and the grantee I made tactical errors in the presentation of findings, which resulted in not simply disagreement but anger and resentment. I conclude that evaluators might take better care in understanding larger institutional dynamics as well as the emotional magnitude of the project and of those being evaluated. The evaluation was not a failure from an empirical standpoint but it did demonstrate my inexperience in considering how the evaluation might be interpreted. Thus, I suggest that the evaluation failed in at least one respect: it foreclosed the possibility for thoughtful consideration and incorporation of the evaluation's insights and findings. This failure, however, produced a gain: understanding conflict itself as evidence.   Keywords: CONFLICT; EMOTION; ETHNOGRAPHY; FRAMING  Document Type: Regular Paper  Affiliations: Email: acoxhall@amherst.edu<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1744-2648",
doi="10.1332/174426417X14998723379147",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/174426417X14998723379147"
}