NCJ Number
39423
Journal
EVALUATION Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Dated: (1973) Pages: 37-45
Date Published
1973
Length
9 pages
Annotation
AUTHOR TAKES A LOOK AT AREAS WHERE POLITICAL FACTORS EXERT INFLUENCE ON RESEARCH EVALUATION.
Abstract
POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS IMPINGE ON EVALUATION IN THREE WAYS, ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE. FIRST, THE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE EVALUATED ARE THE PRODUCTS OF POLITICAL DECISIONS. SECOND, BECAUSE EVALUATION IS UNDERTAKEN TO AUGMENT DECISION-MAKING, IT IS PROPELLED INTO THE POLITICAL ARENA. THIRD, EVALUATION ITSELF HAS A POLITICAL CHARACTER BECAUSE IT MAKES STATEMENTS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF SOME PROGRAMS AND THE VIRTUES OF OTHERS. THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT POLITICAL FACTORS WILL HAVE ON THE SOCIAL SCIENTIST INVOLVED IN RESEARCH EVALUATION....BS