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Evaluation is not just for experts. You already know a lot about it. You evaluate people, programs, and organizations all the time You evaluate teachers, restaurants, possible dates, former relationships, cars, school, sports teams, local policies, and probably, yourself.

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Koppel, R. (2001). Evaluation. In: Rebach, H.M., Bruhn, J.G. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Sociology. Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1217-2_12

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