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The range of methods and ideas presented in this volume is an indictment of the narrowness of most current evaluation research practice and an invitation, indeed to challenge, to open our minds and enlarge our repertoire of evaluation approaches.\"  --Michael Quinn Patton, University of Minnesota","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50636228002065,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50636229181713,"sku":"GOR002583253","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0803919735.jpg?v=1751233290"},{"product_id":"beyond-method-book-gareth-morgan-9780803920781","title":"Beyond Method","description":"Beyond Method provides one of the best reviews of social science research currently available. 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