Eyes on the Prize: Multicultural Validity and Evaluation Theory

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 400-413

  Kirkhart, Karen E ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

context; culture; evaluation theory; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956625415     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214010373645     Document Type: Article

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