Using focus groups to evaluate youth development program direction

Journal of Extension

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  White, David J ^a   Arnold, Mary E ^a,b   Lesmeister, Marilyn ^a,b  

^a 4 H Faculty

^b Oregon State University Extension Service ^*

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