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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
Download full textEason, Sandra; Thompson, Bruce – 1988
The viability of persuasion theory as a framework for the assessment of program evaluation utilization was assessed. Independent variables studied included credibility, involvement, and role groups. More specifically, the research was designed to address three questions concerning: (1) the occurrence of peripheral involvement persuasive effects…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Credibility, Educational Assessment
