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Program Theory Testing

Program Theory Testing is a form of evaluation within the broader category of theory-based methods that specifically involves the systematic assessment of the causal mechanisms and assumptions underpinning a program’s theory of change to determine whether the program’s intended outcomes are plausibly linked to its activities and structural design.

171

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10.2K

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439

Authors

253

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2017–2026

40

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Publications

171

Using Programme Theory to Evaluate Complicated and Complex Aspects of Interventions

Patricia Rogers · Evaluation · 2008 · 990 citations

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Foundations of Program Evaluation: Theories of Practice.

Huey-Tsyh Chen, William R. Shadish, Thomas D. Cook et al. · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1992 · 540 citations

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Outcome pattern matching and program theory

William M. K. Trochim · Evaluation and Program Planning · 1989 · 475 citations

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The functions of program theory

Leonard Bickman · New Directions for Program Evaluation · 1987 · 348 citations

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Program theory evaluation: Practice, promise, and problems

Patricia Rogers, Anthony Petrosino, Tracy A. Huebner et al. · New Directions for Evaluation · 2000 · 278 citations

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Authors

439

  1. LB
    Leonard Bickman

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    6 publications · 590 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. TD
    Thomas D. Cook

    Northwestern University, United States

    4 publications · 946 citations

    4

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  3. PR
    Patricia Rogers

    The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia

    4 publications · 1.4K citations

    4

    h-index

  4. LC
    Laura C. Leviton

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, United States

    4 publications · 604 citations

    4

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  5. AC
    Anne Chamberlain

    Success for All Foundation, United States

    3 publications · 359 citations

    3

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Institutions

253

  1. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    492 citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    638 citations

  3. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    489 citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    816 citations

  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    99 citations

  6. Charles Darwin University

    Darwin, Australia

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    271 citations

  7. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    275 citations

  8. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    547 citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Evaluation

    AJE · 29 publications · 1K citations

    20

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  2. Evaluation and Program Planning

    15 publications · 964 citations

    12

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  3. Evaluation

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

    11

    h-index

  4. New Directions for Program Evaluation

    11 publications · 895 citations

    11

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  5. New Directions for Evaluation

    8 publications · 532 citations

    8

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