You Want Me to Do What? Evaluators and the Pressure to Misrepresent Findings

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-70

  Morris, Michael ^a   Clark, Brittany ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^b Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services of the Berkshires   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; evaluation findings; evaluation politics; guiding principles; research on evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873448967     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214012457237     Document Type: Review

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