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Johnston, William P., Jr. – Evaluation Utilization, 1988
Randomly selected recommendations (N=176)--concerning performance evaluations of programs of public organizations--made by the General Accounting Office (GAO) in fiscal year 1983 were analyzed. Reasons for the exceptionally high acceptance rate (between 51 percent and 77 percent ) are discussed, including the GAO's status as a formal legally…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Federal Government
