Utilization-focused evaluation : the new century text / Michael Quinn Patton.
By: Patton, Michael Quinn
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BookPublisher: Thousand Oaks ; London ; New Delhi : Sage Publications, c1997Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xvi, 431 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0803952651 (pbk. : acidfree paper); 0803952643 (cloth : acidfree paper).Subject(s): Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- United StatesOnline resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Item holds |
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Non-fiction | H62.5.P38 1996 (Browse shelf) | Available | MA |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-413) and index.
Toward more useful evaluations. Evaluation use : both challenge and mandate -- What is utilization-focused evaluation? How do you get started? -- Fostering intended use by intended users : the personal factor -- Intended uses of findings -- Intended process uses : impacts of evaluation, thinking and experiences -- Focusing evaluations : choices, options and decisions. Being active-reactive-adaptive : evaluator roles, situational responsiveness, and strategic, contingency thinking -- Beyond the goals. Clarification game : focusing on outcomes -- Focusing an evaluation : alternatives to goals-based evaluation -- Implementation evaluation. What happened in the program? -- The program's theory of action : conceptualizing casual linkages -- Appropriate methods. Evaluations worth using : utilization-focused, methods decisions -- The paradigms debate and a utilitarian synthesis -- The meanings of evaluation data : analysis, interpretation, judgment, and reporting -- Realities and practicalities of utilization-focused evaluation. Power, politics, and ethics -- Utilization-focused evaluation : process and premises.
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