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Serendipity and Pseudoscience

A Look at Health-Related Program Evaluation

Douglas Holmes

Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, Community Research Applications, Inc.

Jeanne Teresi

Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, Columbia University Centerfor Geriatrics

Marcia Ory

National Institute on Aging

This article presents a discussion of the pitfalls of sloppy science as it is applied to the evaluation of human service programs. The differences are examined between use of the scientufic method and trial-and-error approaches to assessment. The major requirementsforsound research are presente4 as are the pitfalls and shortcomings associated with a less rigorous approach

Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 16, No. 4, 363-378 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/016327879301600401
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