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The GOAT Effect's Impact upon Educational R and D.
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Kean, Michael H.; McNamara, Thomas C. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1979
The "Goodbye To All That" (GOAT) Effect is introduced as a special research and evaluation "outcome" effect characterizing decision making unduly influenced by abandoning "write-off" tendencies. The "gradual refinement" approach offers an antidote to the GOAT Effect because it does not use the systems…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Administration, Systems Analysis
Post-Evaluation Determination of a Program's Generalizability.
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Smith, Nick L.; Caulley, Darrel N. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1979
Literature on the generalizability of program effects focuses on the a priori development of evaluation designs which enable certain generalizations to be made. Secondary analysis procedures which can be employed using existing evaluation data to estimate a program's generalizability when follow-up field studies are not feasible are suggested.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Administration, Generalization, Program Evaluation
The Dysfunctional Side Effects of Quantitative Indicator Production: Illustration from Mental Health Care (A Message from Chicken Little.)
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Ginsberg, Pauline E. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
Premature application of quantitative indicators formerly used for individual assessment and research to bureaucratic decision making can produce side effects that are dysfunctional in nature. In order to illustrate this phenomenon, the author reviews a general literature and utilizes examples form mental health care. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Worker Artifacts as a Source of Spurious Statistics: A Response to Ginsberg.
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McCleary, Richard – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
In support of Ginsberg's theory (TM 508 964), a third corollary to the Conservation of Discretion Law is proposed: Where possible, the worker will use a statistic not as a statistic but, rather, as an instrument to reduce the workload. Three illustrations are presented: grade point averages, crime rates, and recidivism rates. (BW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Crime, Decision Making, Employee Responsibility