The use and abuse of control groups in program evaluation
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- program evaluation
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Roeper Review
- Vol. 5 (1) , 11-14
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02783198209552648
Abstract
The selection of a control or contrast group is of utmost importance when designing methods to evaluate programs.Keywords
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