The myth of research-based policy & practice
- New Delhi Sage Publications 2013
- 182p viii
Table of contents Some Questions about Evidence-Based Practice; The Myth of Research-Based Policy-Making and Practice; Is Scientific Research Evidence-Based?; What Counts as Evidence for Evidence-Based Practice?; Is Social Measurement Possible, and Is It Necessary?; The Question of Quality in Qualitative Research; Action Research: A Contradiction in Terms?; On 'Systematic' Reviews of Research Literatures; Systematic or Unsystematic, Is That the Question? Some Reflections on the Science, Art and Politics of Reviewing; The Interpretive Attack on the Traditional Review; What Is Qualitative Synthesis and Why Do It.