Measuring law for evaluation research

Evaluation Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-266

  Tremper, Charles ^a   Thomas, Sue ^b   Wagenaar, Alexander C ^c  

^a Perutilis Research and Consulting   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interdisciplinary; Law; Legal; Measurement; Policy evaluation; Statutes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SCIENCES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952488563     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X10370018     Document Type: Article

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