Evaluating public policy experiments: Measuring outcomes, monitoring processes or managing pilots?

Evaluation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-258

  Martin, Steve ^a   Sanderson, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000140885     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13563899922208977     Document Type: Article

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