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Peer reviewedKingsbury, Nancy R. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1980
The author, in her review of Frank Caro's article, "Leverage and Evaluation Effectiveness," finds several suggestions which may harm evaluation more than help it, and which are unlikely to be implemented. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Evaluators, Information Utilization, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedCochran, Nancy – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1979
A dependency on correlational data allows one to avoid theory building and even to avoid defining terms. The social science community is being seduced by data and would do well to resist what is available simply because of its ease of tabulation and redundancy. (RL)
Descriptors: Correlation, Information Utilization, Social Indicators, Social Science Research
Peer reviewedKilburg, Richard – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1980
The philosophical and psychological foundations of the resistance evaluators encounter when attempting to implement evaluation efforts are explored. Problems in the evaluative paradigm are presented, and suggested coping strategies are discussed. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Ethics, Evaluators, Experimenter Characteristics, Human Services
