Las trampas de los «indicadores resbaladizos»: la importancia de leer entre líneas
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En el ámbito de la control social, los estudios sobre «monitoreo comunitario» han elaborado amplias afirmaciones sobre «lo que funciona» —o no— en la práctica, con impor- tantes implicaciones para los profesionales y los responsables políticos. La interpretación de estos resultados se complica cuando los estudios se basan en «indicadores resbaladizos» que no miden los procesos del mundo real que dicen abordar. Este artículo ilustra el problema de los indicadores resbaladizos, que tiene dos elementos principales. Primero, algunos estudios se basan en indicadores que no miden realmente el monitoreo o seguimiento comunitario...
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