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Utilization-focused evaluation
- Title
- Utilization-focused evaluation / Michael Quinn Patton.
- Author
- Patton, Michael Quinn.
- Publication
- Beverly Hills : Sage Publications, ©1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | H62.5.U5 P37 1986 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 368 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- The second edition of Patton's classic text retains the practical advice, based on empirical observation and evaluation theory, of the original. It shows how to conduct an evaluation, from beginning to end, in a way that will be useful -- and actually used. Patton believes that evaluation epitomizes the challenges of producing and using information in the information age. His latest book includes new stories, new examples, new research findings, and more of Patton's evaluation humour. He adds to the original book's insights and analyses of the changes in evaluation during the past decade, including: the emergence of evaluation as a field of professional practice; articulation of standards for evaluation; a methodological synthesis of the qualitative versus quantitative debate; the tremendous growth of 'in-house' evaluations; and the cross-cultural development of evaluation as a profession. This edition also incorporates the considerable research done on utilization during the last ten years. Patton integrates diverse findings into a coherent framework which includes: articulation of utilization-focused evaluation premises; examination of the stakeholder assumption; and clarification of the meaning of utilization. --Publisher description.
- Subject
- Evaluation research (Social action programs) > United States
- Recherche évaluative (Programmes d'action sociale) > États-Unis
- 70.03 methods, techniques and organization of social science research
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Evaluation
- Evaluatie
- Recherche évaluative (programmes d'action sociale) > États-Unis
- United States
- Social services Evaluation research
- analyse
- analysis
- evaluatie
- evaluation
- onderzoek
- research
- Research Designs in Sociology
- Onderzoeksontwerp in de sociologie
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 348-363.
- Contents
- Part I: Toward more useful evaluations. 1. The emergence of program evaluation and the utilization crisis -- 2. Utilization in practice: an empirical perspective -- 3. The personal factor: fostering intended use for intended users. Part II: Difficult choices and multiple options: deciding what to evaluate. 4. Focusing evaluation questions -- 5. Beyond the goals clarification game -- 6. Implementation evaluation: what happened in the program? -- 7. The program's theory of action: conceptualizing causal linkages. Part III: Appropriate methods. 8. The methodology dragon: the paradigms debate in perspective -- 9. Evaluations worth using: utilization-focused methods decision -- 10. The meanings of evaluation data: analysis, interpretation, and reporting. Part IV: Utilization: theory and practice. 11. Situational responsiveness and the power of evaluation -- 12. Utilization-focused evaluation.
- ISBN
- 0803927797
- 9780803927797
- 0803925662
- 9780803925663
- LCCN
- 85027817
- OCLC
- ocm12947425
- 12947425
- SCSB-1169999
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library