Consequences of researcher involvement in participatory evaluation

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-27

  Cousins, J Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0030529149     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-491X(96)00001-6     Document Type: Article

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