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Utilization-focused evaluation : the new century text / Michael Quinn Patton.
| Author/creator | Patton, Michael Quinn |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 3rd ed. |
| Publication Info | Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1997. |
| Description | xvi, 431 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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 causal linkages -- Appropriate methods. Evaluations worth using : utilization-focused methods decisions -- The paradigms debate and a utilitarian synthesis -- Deciphering data and reporting results : analysis, interpretations, judgments, and recommendations -- Realities and practicalities of utilization-focused evaluation. Power, politics, and ethics -- Utilization-focused evaluation : process and premises. |
| Local note | Little-332111--305131041129U |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-413) and index. |
| LCCN | 96025310 |
| ISBN | 0803952651 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0803952643 (cloth : acid-free paper) |