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Peer reviewedLipsey, Mark W. – New Directions for Evaluation, 1997
It is argued that, although thousands of evaluations have been conducted of social interventions, little has been done to cumulate those results to guide intervention architects. Building social intervention theory and meta analyses are suggested as ways to unify this knowledge and make it useful. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Intervention, Knowledge Level, Meta Analysis
Download full textPollard, John A. – 1990
The implementation of research design in studies on substance abuse education is discussed in this meta-analysis. Findings indicate that the quality of research design is constrained by negative feedback from evaluation stakeholders. This finding is applied to an evaluation of the Here's Looking at You, 2000 drug education program currently…
Descriptors: Drug Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
