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


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