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Title:
Utilization-focused evaluation
Author:
Patton, Michael Quinn.
ISBN:
9781412958615
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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.
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