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"Garbage In, Garbage Out"

The evaluation process is very sensitive to the "garbage in, garbage out" phenomenon. This can occur when the data collected do not serve the evaluation purpose for which they were intended. To avoid this situation, it pays to perform an evaluation needs assessment.

"If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it." - Abraham Lincoln


Copyright 1998 by Richard Rathe, MD