Optimizing Evaluation Quality and Utility under Resource Constraints.

Mowbray, Carol T.; Bybee, Deborah; Collins, Mary E.; Levine, Phyllis

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ERIC Number: EJ572833

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Optimizing Evaluation Quality and Utility under Resource Constraints.

Mowbray, Carol T.; Bybee, Deborah; Collins, Mary E.; Levine, Phyllis

Evaluation and Program Planning, v21 n1 p59-71 Feb 1998

Presents a framework to describe typical constraints that program evaluators face. The framework encompasses the usual evaluation costs and other factors that impede data collection or the implementation of strong evaluation designs. These are characterized as internal/substantive or external/political. (SLD)

Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization, Models, Research Design, Resource Allocation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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