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Direct linkHill, Laura Griner; Betz, Drew L. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2005
The purpose of the present study was to examine a common practice in some areas of program evaluation, the retrospective pretest, and to present recommendations regarding its use. The authors review literature to emphasize first, that bias is likely in both prospective and retrospective ratings, and second, that under some circumstances,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Family Programs, Effect Size, Pretesting
