Information Focus and Data Sources When Will They Lead to Use?
Evaluation Review, Vol. 10, No. 2, April 1986
24 Pages Posted: 13 Dec 2014
Date Written: 1986
Abstract
Information utilization was examined among 90 social service decision makers. Results indicated that propensity to use a particular type of information is relatively independent of the propensity to use a particular source from which the information is obtained. Moreover, the information type used by a decision maker is predicted in part by the type of decision needing to be made. In contrast, use of a particular source is related to the decision maker’s role. Suggestions for evaluators concerned with utilization of their information as well as for researchers developing theories of information use are offered.
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