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The Role of Contextual Variables in Evaluation Decision Making: Perceptions of Potential Loss, Time, and Self-Efficacy on Nurse Managers' Need for Information.
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Jatulis, Linnea L.; Newman, Dianna L. – Evaluation Review, 1991
Interactions of potential loss, time, and self-efficacy on the need for evaluation information for decision making were investigated for 259 managers/nurses (60 percent survey response rate) of home health agencies in New York State. Those with high self-efficacy needed less information in situations of high potential loss and inadequate time.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Context Effect, Decision Making
Stakeholder Information Needs: Implications for Evaluation Practice and Policy Development in Early Childhood Special Education.
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Lobosco, Anna F.; Newman, Dianna L. – Evaluation Review, 1992
Effects of variations of program evaluation purpose and methodology on decision-making information needs of various stakeholders were examined with 475 participants in planning for early childhood special education (223 administrators, 140 service personnel, and 112 parents). A program evaluation's purpose and methodology differentially affect…
Descriptors: Administrators, Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education, Educational Planning