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Record W2008070236 · doi:10.1002/ev.299

Reflections on the dilemmas of conducting environmental evaluations

2009· article· en· W2008070236 on OpenAlexaff
Hallie Preskill

Bibliographic record

VenueNew Directions for Evaluation · 2009
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldDecision Sciences
TopicEvaluation and Performance Assessment
Canadian institutionsImpact
Fundersnot available
KeywordsCognitive reframingMultidisciplinary approachAsset (computer security)Context (archaeology)Set (abstract data type)Face (sociological concept)Computer scienceManagement scienceTheory of changeWork (physics)SociologyEngineering ethicsPsychologySocial scienceSocial psychologyEconomicsEngineering

Abstract

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Abstract The chapters in this volume set a rich context for understanding the challenges that environmental evaluators face in their everyday work. In particular, the authors highlight the need for responsive, contextual, flexible, adaptive, multidisciplinary, and mixed‐methods evaluation approaches. In this chapter, I reinforce their call and further suggest that they (1) increase their attention to developing logic models based on their theories of change, (2) continue exploring the use of complexity theory to ground their evaluations, and (3) consider reframing some evaluations to being strength‐ and asset‐based, where vibrancy, resiliency, and rebirth can be studied. Finally, in response to the authors' concern for their own development, I comment on the possibilities for evaluation capacity building and the formation of networks and communities of practice. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.595
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.662
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMetaresearch
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: Theoretical or conceptual
GenreCandidate signal: Commentary · Consensus signal: Commentary
Teacher disagreement score0.595
Threshold uncertainty score0.499

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.5950.662
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0030.002
Bibliometrics0.0040.004
Science and technology studies0.0140.061
Scholarly communication0.0400.037
Open science0.0080.017
Research integrity0.0210.039
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0050.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.568
GPT teacher head0.595
Teacher spread0.028 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreCommentary

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2009
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