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This study involved a survey of 140 state government agencies in 30 states. The survey examined basic questions related to training needs assessment, types and methodologies of training and training evaluation. The results presented here describe standard training practices and the degree to which state government agencies adhere to accepted practices in determining training needs, developing programs with outcome variables incorporated in the design, and assessing training outcomes.
Gray et al. (Sun,) studied this question.