The Evidence Movement: The Development and Consequences of Methodologies in Review Practices

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Evidence Movement

T2 - The Development and Consequences of Methodologies in Review Practices

AU - Hansen, Hanne Foss

AU - Rieper, Olaf

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - The evidence movement and the idea of systematic reviews, defined as summaries of the results of already existing evaluation and research projects, have gained considerable support in recent years as many international as well as national evidence-producing organizations have been established. This article analyses how the idea is practised in the areas of health, social welfare and education and shows that evidence-producing organizations work differently. Some subscribe to the hierarchy of evidence, others to a typology of evidence. The consequences of these variations are discussed.

AB - The evidence movement and the idea of systematic reviews, defined as summaries of the results of already existing evaluation and research projects, have gained considerable support in recent years as many international as well as national evidence-producing organizations have been established. This article analyses how the idea is practised in the areas of health, social welfare and education and shows that evidence-producing organizations work differently. Some subscribe to the hierarchy of evidence, others to a typology of evidence. The consequences of these variations are discussed.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - evidence movement

KW - review practice

KW - systematic reviews

U2 - 10.1177/1356389008101968

DO - 10.1177/1356389008101968

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1356-3890

VL - 15

SP - 141

EP - 163

JO - Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice

JF - Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice

IS - 2

ER -