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On Participant-Observation as a Component of Evaluation: Strategies, Constraints and Issues.
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Frankel, Barbara – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1982
Daily participant observations of social development over two years at Family House, a residential treatment program, were coded into a narrative and analyzed using a phenomenological perspective allowing "native categories" of significance to emerge and guide the analysis. The strengths and limitations of this novel research strategy…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Longitudinal Studies, Milieu Therapy, Observation