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A delicate science

Should the role of the evaluator be reinvented? Martin Heaney considers the problem of how to turn anecdotal evidence into significant and useful data.

 How can evaluators provide convincing evidence of participation in cultural activity? The increase of evidence-based policy-making and tighter budgets has created greater demand for ‘proof’ of positive social impacts. Creative Partnerships’ (CP) adoption of a National Evaluation Framework is one example of a trend towards a more rigorous approach to evaluation, with more emphasis on ‘hard’ quantitative data. Recent critical scrutiny of evaluation methodolog...

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