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ERIC Number: EJ460609
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0149-7189
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Why Reports of Outcome Evaluations Are Often Biased or Uninterpretable: Examples from Evaluations of Drug Abuse Prevention Programs.
Moskowitz, Joel M.
Evaluation and Program Planning, v16 n1 p1-9 Jan-Mar 1993
Why conclusions of many outcome evaluations do not stand up to scrutiny is discussed, drawing on examples from evaluations of drug abuse prevention programs. Factors that undermine these studies are largely the result of social-structural problems that influence the design and implementation of the research. (SLD)
Descriptors: Bias, Drug Abuse, Evaluation Problems, Institutional Characteristics, Prevention, Program Evaluation, Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Social Problems, Summative Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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