%0 Journal Article %T Going counter to the facts in program evaluation. Towards a counterfactual evaluation model (CEM) %A Raluca ANTONIE %J Revista de Cercetare £¿i Interven£¿ie Social£¿ %D 2012 %I Expert Projects %X The present article aims at bringing closer to the public the logic behind Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (CIE). It starts with a semantic disclosure, continuing with asserting the the main counterfactual theories and their application in the Program Evaluation field and ends with the construction of a Counterfactual Evaluation Model. The article intends to present, in an introductory manner, some of the possible and probable uses of the CEM. The main question is: does it make any sense to go counter to the facts in Program Evaluation? %K counterfactual %K evaluation model %K impact %K effects %K causal theories %U http://www.rcis.ro/images/documente/rcis36_13.pdf