Arguments for a Common Set of Principles for Collaborative Inquiry in Evaluation

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-22

  Cousins, J Bradley ^a   Whitmore, Elizabeth ^b   Shulha, Lyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

collaborative inquiry; complexity theory; principles of practice; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873468492     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214012464037     Document Type: Article

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