The art of the nudge: Five practices for developmental evaluators

Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 39-59

  Langlois, Marc ^a   Blanchet Cohen, Natasha ^b   Beer, Tanya ^c  

^a Academy 12   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c Ctr for Clinical Quality Evaluation   (United States)

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EID: 84878551246     PISSN: 08341516     EISSN: 00077720     Source Type: Journal    
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