Reports on Topic Areas: Evaluation for Decisions: Is Anybody There? Does Anybody Care?

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 5-19

  Weiss, Carol H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84970113409     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109821408800900101     Document Type: Article

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