Current and developing conceptions of use: Evaluation use tig survey results

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 209-225

  Preskill, Hallie ^a   Caracelli, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 79957986409     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109821409701800122     Document Type: Article

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