Functions, Methods and Concepts in Evaluation Research

Wolfgang Meyer is Senior Researcher and Vice-Director at the Center for Evaluation, Saarland University, Germany.   Reinhard Stockmann is the Chair for Sociology and Director of the Center for Evaluation, Saarland University, Germany.

• 1. The Role of Evaluation in Society 2. Science-based Evaluation 3. Evaluation Approaches and their Fundamental Theoretical Principles 4. The Evaluation Process 5. Gathering and Assessing Information 6. The Evaluation Environment Literature