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Peer reviewedAnderson, Scarvia B. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1982
In this account of the drafting of the Evaluation Research Society (ERS) Standards, the author notes that the committee was concerned not only with a broad range of evaluation applications, but also with different forms of evaluation. The absence of specificity in the standards reflects the committee's steering between opposing views. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Committees, Evaluation Methods, Policy Formation, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedDever, G. E. Alan; And Others – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1981
In order for health program evaluation to keep up with the evolution of disease patterns and epidemiology, a systems approach is proposed. Recommendations are made for the essential element in such an approach, namely, an integrated, comprehensive data base. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Databases, Diseases, Evaluation Methods, Health Programs
Peer reviewedCaplan, Nathan – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1980
Ethical issues; institutional characteristics and organizational arrangements; and roles and skills of the researcher must be considered if the government is to apply social science research findings more widely for the public good. (Available from: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 433 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104, single issue, $6.95.) (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Government Role, Information Utilization, Program Evaluation, Research Needs
