Building Realist Program Theory for Large Complex and Messy Interventions
Program theory, that is, the specific idea about how a program causes the intended or observed outcomes, should be the central aspect of any realist evaluation or synthesis. The methods used for explicating or building initial rough program theories (IRPTs) in realist research are varied and arguabl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-11-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Qualitative Methods |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406917741796 |