A dialogical, story-based evaluation tool: The Most Significant Change technique

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-155

  Dart, Jessica ^a   Davies, Rick ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037699664     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-2140(03)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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