RANDOMIZED FIELD EXPERIMENTS FOR PROGRAM PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND EVALUATION - AN ILLUSTRATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

• NCJ Number: 52876
• Journal: EVALUATION QUARTERLY Volume: 2 Issue: 4 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1978) Pages: 655-695
• Author(s): R F Boruch; A J Mcsweeny; E J Soderstrom
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 41 pages
• Contract Number(s): NIE-C-74-0115
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Sale Source: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PRICE QUOTED ABOVE IS FOR ENTIRE ISSUE

Annotation

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE ON THE FEASIBILITY AND SCOPE OF RANDOMIZED FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN PROGRAM PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND EVALUATION.

Abstract

REFERENCES ARE LISTED TO COVER 300 RANDOMIZED FIELD TESTS UNDERTAKEN IN SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, PRISONS, AND OTHER SOCIAL SETTINGS. THE LIST IS DIVIDED INTO 10 MAJOR CATEGORIES CORRESPONDING TO THE TYPE OF PROGRAM UNDER EXAMINATION. THE CATEGORIES ARE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL JUSTICE, MENTAL HEALTH, TRAINING AND EDUCATION, MASS COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION, RESEARCH UTILIZATION, INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC UTILITIES, SOCIAL WELFARE, HEALTH SERVICES AND MEDICAL TREATMENT, AND FERTILITY CONTROL. THE MATERIALS, PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1944 AND 1978, ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR WITHIN EACH SECTION.