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Ostrander, Susan A.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1978
An information feedback model and an ideology of evaluation are posed and contrasted with experiences in evaluation research. Impact on policy is the criterion for success of an evaluation and political constraints block this impact. Some ways social researchers might conceptualize and construct an appropriate base of power are considered.…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Feedback, Grants, Individual Power
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Lennox, Richard D.; Dennis, Michael L. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
Potential methods are explored for removing or otherwise controlling random measurement error, assessment artifacts, irrelevant variation in outcome measures, and confounding sources of covariation in a structural equations model. Using examples with measures of quality of life and functioning, the authors consider these methods for field…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Field Studies, Measurement Techniques, Models