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Peer reviewedAlexander, H. A. – Evaluation Review, 1986
A group of defenses of qualitative evaluation methods is examined, based on a hard relativistic interpretation of the work of Thomas Kuhn. A promising defense of qualitative evaluation may be found in a soft-relativist interpretation of Kuhn's analysis of the nature of scientific discovery. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Epistemology, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
