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Download full textBierschenk, Bernhard; Bierschenk, Inger – 1986
The second of three articles on the ways in which people formulate their observations, this paper begins with a discussion of the assumptions underlying analytical and class-based models of cognition. The analytical approach to the measurement of cognition is found to be inappropriate because human cognition, and consequently language processing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Epistemology
Cosby, Arthur G., Comp.; Wetherill, G. Richard, Comp. – 1978
A series of six papers, this synthesis of literature on rural development and evaluation offers a starting point for rural development planning and projects from the national to the local level. The current state of knowledge is assessed and application techniques and methods are pinpointed. In the introduction, operation of the Functional Network…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Ethics, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Wetherill, G. Richard; Buttram, Joan L. – 1976
In order to "cut through the jargon of the multifaceted field of evaluative research", 21 evaluation models representing a range of possibilities were identified (via literature review) and compared in terms of purpose and five basic phases applicable to rural development. Evaluation was defined as "the systematic examination of a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Data Collection
