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010 _a 96025310
020 _a0803952651 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
020 _a0803952643 (cloth : acidfree paper)
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050 0 0 _aH62.5
_bP38 1996
100 1 _aPatton, Michael Quinn.
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245 1 0 _aUtilization-focused evaluation :
_bthe new century text /
_cMichael Quinn Patton.
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aThousand Oaks ;
_aLondon ;
_aNew Delhi :
_bSage Publications,
_cc1997.
300 _axvi, 431 p. :
_bill. ;
_c27 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 387-413) and index.
505 0 _aToward 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 casual linkages -- Appropriate methods. Evaluations worth using : utilization-focused, methods decisions -- The paradigms debate and a utilitarian synthesis -- The meanings of evaluation data : analysis, interpretation, judgment, and reporting -- Realities and practicalities of utilization-focused evaluation. Power, politics, and ethics -- Utilization-focused evaluation : process and premises.
650 0 _aEvaluation research (Social action programs)
_zUnited States.
_943470
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/96025310-d.html
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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