Abstract
This article discusses an exploratory study designed to determine the extent to which evaluation professionals, representing diverse backgrounds and approaches, could reach agreement on a proposed taxonomy of essential evaluator competencies. Participants were 31 diverse individuals in the field of program evaluation in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area who systematically engaged in a Multi-Attribute Consensus Reaching process. Both quantitative and qualitative results predominantly indicated consensus on more than three-fourths of the proposed competencies. Areas of disagreement reflected the role- and context-specific nature of evaluation practice.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 229-247 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | American Journal of Evaluation |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2001 |