Utilization-focused evaluation
by
Patton, Michael Quinn.
Title
:
Utilization-focused evaluation
Author
:
Patton, Michael Quinn.
ISBN
:
9781412958615
Personal Author
:
Patton, Michael Quinn.
Edition
:
4th ed.
Publication Information
:
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2008.
Physical Description
:
xx, 667 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
:
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 evaluative thinking and experiences -- Situational evaluation: being active-reactive-interactive-adaptive -- Focusing on outcomes: beyond the goals clarification game -- Evaluation focus options: developmental evaluation and other alternatives -- Implementation evaluation: what happened in the program? -- Conceptualizing the intervention: alternatives for evaluating theories of change -- Evaluations worth using: utilization-focused methods decisions -- The paradigms debate and a utilization-focused synthesis -- The meanings and reporting of evaluation findings: analysis, interpretation, judgment and recommendations -- Power, politics and ethics -- Utilization-focused evaluation: processes and premises.
Subject Term
:
Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- United States.
Program Evaluation.
Utilization Review.
Program Development.
Social Planning.
Evaluationsforschung.
Evaluation research (Social action programs) (OCoLC)fst00916979
Geographic Term
:
USA.
United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025745791 | 361.61068 P322U 2008 | 1 |