The Administrative Experiment: A Special Case of Field Testing or Evaluation

Thompson, Charles W. N.; Rath, Gustave J.

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“…Buxton and Sniderman (1980) refer to the process of test/modify/test as design interation. It is similar to the "user trial" proposed for product evaluation in ergonomics (Johnson & Baker, 1974;Rennie, 1981;Thompson & Rath, 1974).…”

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Research methods for computer applications

Tombaugh

1983

Behav. Res. Meth. Instru.

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This paper identifies issues and techniques useful to psychologists interested in applied research forcomputer applications. Applied research includes guideline research, product developmentevaluation, and field trial evaluation. Suggestions for improved guideline research involve screening the problem to determine its potential usefulness and screening the design to make sure it involves sufficiently representative tasks, subjects, and materials for the desired generality. Product development evaluation requires techniques for testing users that are fast, flexible, and inexpensive, such as "user trials" of products in ergonomics and "user edits" for testing documentation. Field trials of office automation or videotex systems lead to decisions about further introduction of those systems. A methodology for planning the research component of field trials, "evaluation assessment," provides a set of steps to use in deciding which designandmeasures should becollected.

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Research methods for computer applications

Tombaugh

1983

Behav. Res. Meth. Instru.

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“…These two purposes are seen as complementary. Research with the framework can provide a basis to support and evaluate management actions; management use of the framework can provide a test arena for research (Thompson and Rath, 1974).…”

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Monitoring system development :

Garrity¹

1981

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Projects aimed at developing new systems where there are substantial uncertainties as to system requirements, development processes, and ultimate ownership can present project managers with a range of complex, unstructured problems.A process to help identify and solve these problems in a timely, controlled manner is of central importance to the successful conduct of a development with these circumstances.This dissertation describes a research project devoted to examination of problems in complex system developments and to the development of a process managers can use to deal with them.Conducted within the Experimental Technology Incentives Program (ETIP), the research includes analysis of several ETIP projects, a review of the system literature, presentation of a monitoring framework to help manage complex developments, and a brief application of the framework to one ETIP project.The proposed monitoring process consists of a framework of thirty factors and a set of five functions which monitoring can serve.The factors are divided into three main categoriesdesign, process, and user commitment characteristicswhich reflect the general types of problems found to be important in the ETIP environment and the A REVIEW OF SPECIFIC LITERATURE AREAS 3 . 3.1 Case Studies of System Developments

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An Outcome Evaluation of Counseling Services Provided by Abortion Clinics

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Thompson

1977

Medical Care

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The Administrative Experiment: A Special Case of Field Testing or Evaluation

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Research methods for computer applications

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An Outcome Evaluation of Counseling Services Provided by Abortion Clinics

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