Citation

Levy L, Herzog AN, Slotkin EJ. Community Ment. Health J. 1968; 4(4): 340-349.

Affiliation

Illinois Department of Mental Health, Division of Planning and Evaluation Service, Chicago, Illinois.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1968, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF01435264

PMID

24185399

Abstract

This paper attempts to outline a model for the evaluation of a statewide mental health program drawn from general systems theory. The derived model is partially stated and illustrative applications discussed. Inferential procedures as applied to evaluation research are discussed and experimental inference is stated to be inapplicable to most evaluation problems. Evaluative technique is applied not only to the attainment of ultimate objectives but to the attainment of intermediate objectives as well. In this latter connection, there is a brief discussion of program budgeting and its relation to evaluation studies.

Language: en