Descriptive Social Reporting and Systematic Needs Assessment : Tools for Decision Makers / Keith A. Carter and Others.

A research project in nine Iowa counties attempted to show local level decision makers how to use social indicator data to improve quality of life and increase accountability in policy making. Tools presented were descriptive social reporting (a mechanism for organizing descriptive, time series, soc...

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Main Author: Carter, Keith A.
Corporate Author: Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1978.
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Physical Description:37 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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