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Perkins, Dennis N. T. – Evaluation Quarterly, 1977
Based on a theoretical model of program development, this taxonomy of evaluation relates six evaluation objectives or purposes to nine methodological alternatives. Use of the taxonomy may increase the efficiency of evaluation, improve communication, and assist in the choice of a methodology that is appropriate to the evaluation purposes.…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Evaluation
Guion, Robert M.; Ironson, Gail H. – 1979
Challenges to classical psychometric theory are examined in the context of a broader range of fundamental, derived, and intuitive measurements in psychology; the challenges include content-referenced testing, latent trait theory, and generalizability theory. A taxonomy of psychological measurement is developed, based on: (1) purposes of…
Descriptors: Classification, Latent Trait Theory, Measurement Objectives, Program Evaluation
