What works in program evaluation
Evaluation PracticePublished 1 January 1995
Michael Hennessy
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Abstract
The query, “What works in program evaluation” can be answered on the basis of information already known to many evaluators. Documentation of procedures needed to justify evaluative conclusions in summative evaluations of the impact of large, expensive social programs has led to four propositions proffered as reflective of what works in any such outcome evaluation.
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