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Community Services Catalyst | 1 |
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Watcke, Ronald R. | 1 |
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Watcke, Ronald R. – Community Services Catalyst, 1982
Presents the social indicators approach (which infers needs from currently existing descriptive data) and the key informants technique (which secures information from individuals with insight into community needs) as alternatives to the community needs assessment survey. Considers both approaches more cost-effective and successful for diagnosing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Needs, Community Surveys