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Integrated Resource Planning at Electric Utilities: The Planning Process.
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Hirst, Eric – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1989
Activities during the initial 18-month cycle of the Demand and Resource Evaluation (DARE) Program of the Puget Sound Power and Light Company (Washington State) are described. The role of evaluation in public utility planning is discussed. Cooperation, communication, and consensus among utility planning staff are concluded to be vital. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Planning, Program Development
Implications for Evaluation and Intervention Planning for Special Populations at Risk for HIV.
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Wechsberg, Wendee M.; Zule, William A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2001
The three articles of this special section illustrate the complexity of HIV risk behaviors and demonstrate the need to go beyond simply assessing drug use and sexual behavior. They support a more comprehensive view of risk that challenges intervention design and current methodology. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Intervention, Planning
The Utility of "Tree-Generating" Statistics in Applied Social Work Research.
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Wambach, Kathryn G. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1999
Illustrates the usefulness of "tree-generating" statistics for public sector service planning, focusing on the use of Automatic Interaction Detection, an early version of tree-generating statistics, to provide a model for the data analysis needed to plan substance abuse programs on a local level. (SLD)
Descriptors: Planning, Program Development, Research Methodology, Social Science Research