Reducing overclaiming in needs assessment studies: An experimental comparison

Evaluation Review

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 583-604

  Calsyn, Robert J ^a   Kelemen, William L ^a,b   Jones, E Terrence ^a   Winter, Joel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEGRO; RECALL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLACKS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WHITES;

EID: 0035650985     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X0102500601     Document Type: Review

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