Eat dessert first. Life is uncertain.
Good advice. True observation.
Any yet, we must soldier on, trying to predict what will happen and to explain why things work out as they do. My professional life has grappled with prediction and explanation through the lens of program evaluation. I have come to appreciate how much, and how little, evaluation can tell us. Sometimes it is “much”. Sometime is “little”. Sometimes it is “much” and “little” at the same time. This blog expresses my engagement with what evaluation can do, what it cannot do, what it should do, and what it should not do. About the graphic.
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Evaluation Uncertainty 
On page 34 of his book, “Practical Program Evaluation,” Huey Chen says, “The terms “program theory” and “logic model” have been used interchangeably in the literature, but, in fact, the two serve separate purposes…. conceptualization of programs within program theory and within the logic model is utterly distinct.” Do you agree with these statements? I’m hoping the workshop will clarify the relationships between program theory and logic models.