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Significance of Qualitative Evaluation and It’s Congruence in Evaluating Social Policy

이성우 1 kwak, Byung-Hun 2 OH, SOOGIL 3

1한성대학교
2한국학중앙연구원
3고려사이버대학교

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ABSTRACT

This article gropes for the use of qualitative evaluation in social policy under consideration of its significance, which can complement quantitative evaluation. It maintains the viewpoint of complementarity. To evaluate social policy or social programs effectively, it requires for evaluators to reflect the points of view of the stakeholders in the context of social realities. Since social policy is value embedded field, qualitative evaluation has compatibility with social policy. Qualitative evaluation seeks to understand social realities including individual, social, structural, and environmental contexts. Nevertheless existing evaluations of social policy tend to show ‘methodological uniformity’ by standardized indicators and artificial contexts. This article argues to evaluate the value of social policy through qualitative evaluation focusing processes based on interpretation. For qualitative evaluation, we can use in-depth interview, focus group interview, or observation which orient ‘natural communicative process.’

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