Rossi, Peter Henry, 1921-

Evaluating social programs : theory, practice, and politics / Edited by Peter H. Rossi and Walter Williams - Seminar Press : New York, 1972 - xviii, 326 p. ; 24 cm.

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Williams, W. The organization of the volume and some key definitions.--Rossi, P. H. Testing for success and failure in social action.--Houston, T. R. The behavioral sciences impact-effectiveness model.--Stanley, J. C. Controlled field experiments as a model for evaluation.--Cain, G. G. and Watts, H. W. Problems in making policy inferences from the Coleman report.--Coleman, J. S. Reply to Cain and Watts.--Cain, G. G. and Hollister, R. G. The methodology of evaluating social action programs.--McDill, E. L. and others. Evaluation in practice; compensatory education.--Glennan, T. K. Evaluating Federal manpower programs; notes and observations.--Kershaw, D. N. Issues in income maintenance experimentation.--Williams, W. and Evans, J. W. The politics of evaluation: the case of Head Start.--Rossi, P. H. Observations of the organization of soci

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