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Peer reviewedTanji, Joy M. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Evaluators vary in their propensity to make direct valuative judgments of program worth. The decision to include recommendations with a report or provide merely descriptive evaluation depends on individuals' perspectives concerning the nature of reality, truth and values, human agency, and informational utility. (SLD)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Guidelines
Peer reviewedOstrander, Susan A.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1978
An information feedback model and an ideology of evaluation are posed and contrasted with experiences in evaluation research. Impact on policy is the criterion for success of an evaluation and political constraints block this impact. Some ways social researchers might conceptualize and construct an appropriate base of power are considered.…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Feedback, Grants, Individual Power
Peer reviewedLorenzen, Gary L.; Braskamp, Larry A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1978
In simulated decision-making situations in a community mental health center, three types of information were studied and rated: political; cost-benefit, and statistical. Only cost-benefit information was rated as significantly influencing administrators' decisions. (MH)
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Health Services, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
