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The Case-study Model

An Organizational Strategy for Cross-cultural Evaluation

Northern Arizona University

In seeking an evaluation approach and organizational framework for a complex cross-cultural evaluation conducted in India, a multiple-case, replication design, with each individual case embedded with multiple units of analysis, was found to be well suited to the challenge. Enabling a quantitative look at individual units as well as at intervening factors, while promoting a somewhat goal-free look at overall contexts, the approach produced overarching cross-case answers while still remaining sensitive to the innuendos and idiosyncrasies of each cultural setting. A discussion of the rationale behind the approach is followed by a brief description of its application in the India study in terms of data collection, analysis and presentation of findings. With the demand for cross-cultural evaluations increasing, ongoing exploration for new conceptualizations of evaluation is warranted.

Evaluation, Vol. 2, No. 2, 201-211 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/135638909600200206


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