Advancing empirical scholarship to further develop evaluation theory and practice

Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-18

  Christie, Christina A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84860466072     PISSN: 08341516     EISSN: 00077720     Source Type: Journal    
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