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The evaluation enterprise

Title
The evaluation enterprise / William R. Meyers.
Author
Meyers, William R.
Publication
San Francisco, Cal. : Jossey-Bass, 1981.

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Description
xvi, 266 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series
Uniform Title
Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series.
Subject
  • Evaluation > United States
  • Evaluation Studies
  • Evaluation
  • Evaluation
  • United States
Note
  • Subtitle on half title page: A realistic appraisal of evaluation careers, methods, and applications.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 235-253.
Contents
How real is the need for evaluation? -- Why programs fail -- Economics of the profession -- Managing evaluations -- Coping with the Federal system for evaluation research -- Taking program goals into account: some objections to objectives -- A new approach to filed experimentation -- Making sense of quantitative and qualitative methods -- The special role and use of qualitative data -- Applying managerial and administrative analyses -- Impending changes in society: impact on evaluation.
ISBN
  • 0875895034
  • 9780875895031
LCCN
81081961
OCLC
  • ocm07653833
  • 7653833
  • SCSB-626915
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library