Evaluation voices: Promoting evaluation from within programs through collaboration

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-29

  O'Sullivan, Rita G ^a   O'Sullivan, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Collaborative evaluation; Evaluation approaches; Evaluation strategies; Evaluator roles; Group evaluation; Participatory evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002317628     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(97)00042-6     Document Type: Article

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