Commentary: Minimizing evaluation misuse as principled practice

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-399

  Cousins, J Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 4344678577     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ameval.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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