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Limiting the Scope of Needs Assessment Studies or (How We Learned to Set Limits--And Feel No Guilt).
Eastmond, J. Nicholls, Jr.; And Others – 1986
Needs assessment is an activity undertaken for planning purposes. It is important to define the limits of the study and design it on a scale appropriate to the entire planning process. This paper suggests that a needs assessment be structured into two phases. In the pre-assessment phase, a conceptual framework and well-defined exploratory…
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