Comment on Evaluation is Not Applied Research by Kerry Keating

Hello Dr. Wanzer,

I am a Master’s in Education student currently studying the difference between research and evaluation. I had always struggled grasping the differences in the two, and felt they were just carbon copies of each other, just under different names. This post, especially the hour glass illustration, helps me clearly identify the differences and will be using it in the future to help define research and evaluation correctly.

One question I have concerns the ‘Areas of Difference’ table: Under ‘value judgement’, it states that research is neutral in this aspect. Could you argue that this would depend on which paradigm is used to conduct the research?

Thank you,
Kerry