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Edwards, Patricia K. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1987
This paper identifies and discusses conceptual and methodological issues related to five attributes of emergent programs that frequently apply across the spectrum of human services: undefined client populations, inadequate causal evidence relating inputs to outcomes, shifting objectives, identification of criteria for standarizing treatments, and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Human Services, Nutrition