AEA colleagues, please join me today to hear about the #TransScientific Theory of #Evaluation - starting in about an hour at #Eval21. Expert lecture from Michael Scriven, @ejanedavidson chairing.

Evaluation as a ‘high stakes’ business: looking back to a 2014 Adventures in Evaluation podcast interview with Michael Scriven Kylie Hutchinson (she/her) bit.ly/3iSTQkL

Free Scriven webinar today 4.30-6pm Pacific: The Good Old Days & the Schizophrenic Break in the History of Evaluation cgu.edu/pages/10257.asp

Free Scriven webinar today 4.30-6 Pacific: The Good Old Days & the Schizophrenic Break in the History of #Evaluation cgu.edu/pages/10257.asp

The world had been creating and using evaluative knowledge for more than 2 million years before Hume started getting nervous about it

It was David Hume's mistake to think that evaluative claims had to be derived deductively. You do NOT have to derive them deductively.

Medicine is a classic example of a colossal discipline on which our lives depend; 95% of it supported by #evaluation. Not value-free science

Evaluation becomes a discipline when we are clear about e.g. the methodologies *distinctive* to #eval, not borrowed from related disciplines

The Only Cure—Regression and Reconstitution. FREE #evaluation webinar from Michael Scriven, Thurs 3/28 4.30pm Pacific cgu.edu/pages/10257.asp

#FREE #webinar Michael Scriven today 4.30 - 6pm Pacific. The Future Bright: the next 2 great missions for #evaluation cgu.edu/pages/10257.asp

#Evaluation pop quiz Q1: Why is it important to report effect sizes, not just p-values? And, why is that NOT enough?

The Faster Forward Fund (FasterForwardFund.org) announces increased funding for 2016-17: deadline for evaluation theory proposals is 11/15

Got an idea to accelerate #evaluation so it benefits those not yet thriving in today's world? Apply now, by 11/15! fasterforwardfund.org/fund-details/

Good #evaluation could DOUBLE the impact of social & other initiatives. Apply by 11/15 w/ ideas to accelerate #eval. fasterforwardfund.org/fund-details/

Looking forward to seeing innovative ideas from around the globe to accelerate #eval. Deadline 11/15 midnight Pacific. #FasterForwardFund x.com/scriv1/status/…