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| Bias | 1 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Evaluative Thinking | 1 |
| Evaluators | 1 |
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| Program Evaluation | 1 |
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| New Directions for Program… | 1 |
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| Perloff, Richard M. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedPerloff, Richard M.; And Others – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1980
Causes of evaluator bias are: overemphasizing concrete, salient, and retrievable information; reporting only evidence which confirms hypothesis; focusing on stable personality factors, rather than on situation and environment; developing positive perceptions of a program as both an evaluator and a highly involved participant; statistical naivete;…
Descriptors: Bias, Cognitive Processes, Evaluative Thinking, Evaluators
