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The Effect of Audience Role and Decision Context on School Evaluation Information Needs.
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Bull, Kay S.; Newman, Dianna L. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1986
Two studies that examine the relationship of consumer role (parent or teacher) to evaluate audience need for and use of evaluative information are presented. Results are discussed. (Author/JD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Information Needs, Institutional Evaluation, Parent Attitudes
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
Voting Habits, Parental Status, and Need for Evaluation Information: A Study of the Lay Public's Decision Making Patterns.
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Newman, Dianna L.; Bull, Kay S. – Urban Education, 1986
The relationship of parents' voting patterns and their sense of involvement with education was investigated. The study indicates that (1) varying perceptions of responsibility may create different information needs, and (2) the research reemphasizes that context of a program is an important variable in program evaluation. (KH)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Needs
School Boards' and Administrators' Use of Evaluation Information: Influencing Factors.
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Newman, Dianna L.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1983
This study investigated factors influencing use of evaluative information for decision making by administrators and school boards. The factors investigated included: (1) the quality of the decision to be made; (2) the amount of personal conflict involved; (3) the context of the program, and (4) whether participants were board members or…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
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