Making causal claims

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.number26en
cg.subject.bioversityEVALUATIONen
cg.subject.bioversityFACTORSen
dc.contributor.authorMayne, J.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-29T11:01:51Zen
dc.date.available2016-01-29T11:01:51Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/70211
dc.titleMaking causal claimsen
dcterms.abstractAn ongoing challenge in evaluation is the need to make credible causal claims linking observed results to the actions of interventions. In the very common situation where the intervention is only one of a number of causal factors at play, the problem is compounded – no one factor 'caused' the result. The intervention on its own is neither necessary nor sufficient to bring about the result. The Brief argues the need for a different perspective on causality. One can still speak of the intervention making a difference in the sense that the intervention was a necessary element of a package of causal factors that together were sufficient to bring about the results. It was a contributory cause. The Brief further argues that theories of change are models showing how an intervention operates as a contributory cause. Using theories of change, approaches such as contribution analysis can be used to demonstrate that the intervention made a difference – that it was a contributory cause – and to explain how and why.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMayne, J. (2012) Making causal claims. ILAC Brief 26 p. 4en
dcterms.extent4 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfILAC Briefen
dcterms.issued2012-10
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectevaluationen
dcterms.subjectfactorsen
dcterms.typeBrief

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