Strategies for Managing Evaluation Anxiety: Toward a Psychology of Program Evaluation.

Donaldson, Stewart I.; Gooler, Laura E.; Scriven, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ658479

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Strategies for Managing Evaluation Anxiety: Toward a Psychology of Program Evaluation.

Donaldson, Stewart I.; Gooler, Laura E.; Scriven, Michael

American Journal of Evaluation, v23 n3 p261-73 Sum 2002

Discusses the sources and signs of excessive evaluation anxiety in program evaluation and provides some strategies to help evaluators prevent and manage this common problem. Shows how more than technical skills are required to conduct high quality program evaluation. (SLD)

Descriptors: Anxiety, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Program Evaluation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Research partly supported by a grant from The California Wellness Foundation.