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Program Evaluation, Particularly Responsive Evaluation

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Part of the book series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services ((EEHS,volume 6))

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I am pleased to have this opportunity to talk about some recent developments in the methodology of program evaluation and about what I call responsive evaluation.

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Stake, R.E. (1983). Program Evaluation, Particularly Responsive Evaluation. In: Evaluation Models. Evaluation in Education and Human Services, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6669-7_17

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