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Peer reviewedStevens, Carla J., Ed.; Dial, Micah, Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1994
This theme issue discusses the misuse of evaluation. The eight articles all discuss instances in which the evaluation process or evaluation findings were misused. Misuse is usually not the result of methodological issues but rather is an issue of human relations and sometimes of political pressure. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators
Peer reviewedScriven, Michael – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1993
Seven chapters present 31 propositions challenging traditional ideas about the nature and practice of program evaluation. Methods to improve evaluation models and approaches and ways to address intermediate and advanced evaluation issues are explored. The discussion also serves as an introduction to the most analytical and comprehensive of the…
Descriptors: Bias, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization
Peer reviewedBraverman, Marc T., Ed.; Slater, Jana Kay, Ed. – New Directions for Evaluation, 1996
The seven articles of this special issue focus on theory and research related to survey methods and whether evaluators need information that is absent from the larger survey literature. These articles reflect the view that the considerations relating to good survey research apply also to using surveys in evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Needs Assessment
