Case study evaluations: A decade of progress?

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 1997, Issue 76, 1997, Pages 69-78

  Yin, Robert K ^a  

^a COSMOS Corporation ^*  (United States)

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EID: 85019485292     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.1088     Document Type: Article

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