TY - JOUR
T1 - A service delivery program and its evaluation
T2 - A Case Study in the Sociology of Applied Research
AU - Jessop, Dorothy Jones
AU - Stein, Ruth E.k.
PY - 1983/3
Y1 - 1983/3
N2 - Descriptions are rare of instances in which true experimental designs have been implemented in evaluating ongoing programs. This article is a case study of a health service delivery program and the classical pretest-posttest randomized experiment that evaluated it. The main theses are (1) that the research developed was based on the values and interests of the persons and institutions involved, and concordance in interests and values among the severalparties was responsible for success in implementing the rigorous experimental design; and (2) that the program being evaluated and the research evaluation affect each other in significant ways, some intended and others unanticipated.
AB - Descriptions are rare of instances in which true experimental designs have been implemented in evaluating ongoing programs. This article is a case study of a health service delivery program and the classical pretest-posttest randomized experiment that evaluated it. The main theses are (1) that the research developed was based on the values and interests of the persons and institutions involved, and concordance in interests and values among the severalparties was responsible for success in implementing the rigorous experimental design; and (2) that the program being evaluated and the research evaluation affect each other in significant ways, some intended and others unanticipated.
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U2 - 10.1177/016327878300600107
DO - 10.1177/016327878300600107
M3 - Article
C2 - 10259955
AN - SCOPUS:0020727180
SN - 0163-2787
VL - 6
SP - 99
EP - 114
JO - Evaluation & the Health Professions
JF - Evaluation & the Health Professions
IS - 1
ER -
