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A Validation Of Critical Constructs Of Essential Evaluator Competency And Evaluation Practice: An Application Of Structural Equation Modeling, Jie Zhang

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The study aims to examine the interplay of two critical constructs in evaluation: essential evaluator competency and evaluator practice. The research questions in this study, according to Smith (2008), are essentially, what he defined as “fundamental issues in evaluation.” These issues fall into one or multiple of the four aspects identified in the fundamental issues in evaluation framework: theory, practice, method, and profession. The intertwined nature of these aspects implies the interactive relationships between the two constructs. The study utilizes the structural equation modeling (SEM) methodology, first to examine construct validity and psychometric properties of the measurement scales, and then …