NCJ Number
36930
Date Published
1975
Length
55 pages
Annotation
THIS ARTICLE ADDRESSES THE TOTAL PROCESS OF EVALUATION, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE DECISION PROCESSES THAT INVOLVE EXPLICIT ASSESSMENT OF THE WORTH OR MERIT OF OUTCOMES AND EMPLOY MULTIVALUED UTILITY ANALYSIS.
Abstract
THE AUTHORS CONTEND THAT EVALUATION IS DONE TO FACILITATE DECISION MAKING, AND THAT EVALUATION RESEARCH SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A BRANCH OF DECISION ANALYSIS. FROM THIS POINT OF VIEW, THEY MAINTAIN THAT EXPERIMENTATION, IF RELEVANT TO EVALUATION, WILL ORDINARILY BE COMBINED WITH NONEXPERIMENTAL LOGICAL AND JUDGMENTAL PROCEDURES TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)