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The Challenges of Choosing a Methodology
In their book What Counts as Credible Evidence in Applied Research and Evaluation Practice?, Stewart Donaldson and his colleagues address the challenges of designing and implementing sound applied research and evaluation designs. They attempt to move beyond historical quantitative-qualitative paradigm wars by critiquing a variety of methods across diverse contexts to determine what counts as credible evidence. The reader is then left to make educated decisions regarding how to apply these discussions to their particular projects.
In his review of the book, Cody Ding argues that the critical question is not which "camp" we need to be in for what types of projects, but how to link credible evidence to causality. In that vein, how do we decide which methodology to employ to document program improvement?
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