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020			_a0803952651 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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100	1		_aPatton, Michael Quinn. _958481
245	1	0	_aUtilization-focused evaluation : _bthe new century text / _cMichael Quinn Patton.
250			_aThird edition.
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.
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650		0	_aEvaluation research (Social action programs) _zUnited States. _958482
852	4		_aAyesha Abed Library _cGeneral Stacks
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