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Peer reviewedHouse, Ernest R.; Howe, Kenneth R. – American Journal of Evaluation, 1998
Chelimsky, former head of the Program Evaluation and Methodology Division of the General Accounting Office, suggested that advocacy by evaluators destroys their credibility. Evaluators should, this author argues, be advocates for democracy and the public interest, with the question being how explicitly and how defensibly. (SLD)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Credibility, Democracy, Ethics
