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000210298 1001_ $$aPatton, Michael Quinn.
000210298 24510 $$aUtilization-focused evaluation :$$bthe new century text /$$cMichael Quinn Patton.
000210298 250__ $$a3rd ed.
000210298 260__ $$aThousand Oaks, Calif. :$$bSage Publications,$$cc1997.
000210298 300__ $$axvi, 431 p. :$$bill. ;$$c26 cm.
000210298 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 387-413) and index.
000210298 5050_ $$aToward more useful evaluations. Evaluation use : both challenge and mandate -- What is utilization-focused evaluation? How do you get started? -- Fostering intended use by intended users : the personal factor -- Intended uses of findings -- Intended process uses : impacts of evaluation, thinking and experiences -- Focusing evaluations : choices, options and decisions. Being active-reactive-adaptive : evaluator roles, situational responsiveness, and strategic contingency thinking -- Beyond the goals, clarification game : focusing on outcomes -- Focusing an evaluation : alternatives to goals-based evaluation -- Implementation evaluation : What happened in the program? -- The program's theory of action : conceptualizing causal linkages -- Appropriate methods. Evaluations worth using : utilization-focused methods decisions -- The paradigms debate and a utilitarian synthesis -- Deciphering data and reporting results : analysis, interpretations, judgments, and recommendations -- Realities and practicalities of utilization-focused evaluation. Power, politics, and ethics -- Utilization-focused evaluation : process and premises.
000210298 650_0 $$aEvaluation research (Social action programs)$$zUnited States.
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