TY - JOUR
T1 - The validity of citizen judgments in community interventions
T2 - II. Judgments of intervention utility
AU - Smith, Nick L.
PY - 1980/7
Y1 - 1980/7
N2 - An attempt was made to confirm the validity of citizen judgments of the utility of community interventions by establishing that such judgments are related to (a) process outcome measures, (b) community need for the intervention, and (c) the amount of change agent support provided. A stepwise‐multiple regression analysis of data collected in four rural school districts employing the same community change intervention found that citizen judgments were unrelated to these three factors. The inability to identify empirical correlates of citizen judgments of intervention utility casts doubt on the meaningfulness of such judgments as a criterion of intervention impact.
AB - An attempt was made to confirm the validity of citizen judgments of the utility of community interventions by establishing that such judgments are related to (a) process outcome measures, (b) community need for the intervention, and (c) the amount of change agent support provided. A stepwise‐multiple regression analysis of data collected in four rural school districts employing the same community change intervention found that citizen judgments were unrelated to these three factors. The inability to identify empirical correlates of citizen judgments of intervention utility casts doubt on the meaningfulness of such judgments as a criterion of intervention impact.
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U2 - 10.1002/1520-6629(198007)8:3<231::AID-JCOP2290080306>3.0.CO;2-C
DO - 10.1002/1520-6629(198007)8:3<231::AID-JCOP2290080306>3.0.CO;2-C
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84986437024
SN - 0090-4392
VL - 8
SP - 231
EP - 236
JO - Journal of Community Psychology
JF - Journal of Community Psychology
IS - 3
ER -